I tried to stand in the space
between you and the darkness.
And when it became too much
for you to bear -
I consumed it.
I ate it.
It nearly killed me.
It nearly swallowed me whole.
But I made a choice to stand there
until you had the strength
to stand on your own.
Until you could remember your own light, your own goodness.
I chose to love.
I chose to forgive.
Because only light
drives out the darkness.
Because only love
drives out fear.
Because I chose
to remember you -
not for the one thing
you did wrong,
but for the hundred things
you did right.