Dark? The hollow blackness that nestles deep inside? I am carved, well and truly—my shell hides the cold. I am empty. Nothing resides within. My screams echo in this kind of darkness.
Light? The brightness I desperately try to unearth? I see rays filtering through ruins—the neglected remains of myself. I shrink away. Terrible things emerge. This kind of light illuminates the ugliness.
I must choose.
This is part of a weekly writing prompt hosted by Sacha Black.
Writespiration #50 Prompt: Light vs Dark
Lemon Shark Reef 
Please choose the light. Look beyond the images seen through filtering rays. They are only your imaginings. The true light does not illuminate ugliness, for there is none in reality to be seen.
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I like that idea…the “truth” that is being illuminated only being imagined images. Interesting. What is real and what is not? Either way, one cannot see the light if there is no darkness. 😉 I might write more about this. Thank you.
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You are delving deep in these words, Sarah. I look forward to your future writing on this theme.
It is true that there can be no light if there is no darkness. I wonder which is the truth – light or dark – or if there is truth in either at all?
I await your elaboration. 🙂
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Oh, dear. This is getting quite philosophical. *rubs hands together* Bwahaha!
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I am just as delighted as you! 🙂
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oooh one cannot see the light without darkness. That is not only deep. but profound, and something I wish I’d thought of. Love this piece too Sarah. Thanks so much for joining in. ❤
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Thanks for the great prompt. I was going to do a nice balance, yin-yang, two sides of the same coin type thing but, alas, we get “Options”. I’m a pantser for sure. 😉
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Your darkness is dark!
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And it echoes. Annoying.
I almost wrote about a rich, full darkness but that was writhing with shadows and creatures and, you know, dark stuff. 😉
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So annoying. 🙂
Empty darkness was a good choice!
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DON’T CHOOSE! You can have both – honestly!
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Right. Well, in all the ways that I totally agree with you, I’m not sure this is the type of light and dark I want to have. 😉 I’ll take the rich, grounding dark and the soft, weightless light.
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