ALCHEMY

BY ALEX

 

 

Positive people are not ignoring
the darkness of this world.
They have dragged themselves 
painfully into the light and 
are choosing to share it 
with you.

I don't bounce out of bed 
frothing with platitudes and 
positive thoughts.

I do not skip about my day with a 
Disney Princess magic shimmering 
from my pores.

This hopeful mindset of mine 
has been dragged up, kicking and 
screaming, from the deepest 
depths of rock bottom.

I have chiselled this lightness 
out of the densest stone and 
I work on it daily to hone its 
beauteous shape and cultivate 
its shine.

I protect its structure fiercely now 
because I know how much work 
went in.
And how bleak the landscape of 
my mind was, before I created 
this breathtaking view.

Do not look at me and mistake 
my brightness for shallow,
I went as deep as a soul can go, 
to find it.

(Donna Ashworth)