I Knew Someone Once

I once knew someone who saw nothing
Knew no beauty and saw no light
Woke up each morning unwilling to open their eyes
To stay in a dream and never to wake
Was once a desire
A dream in its self

To slit their wrists and cut their throat
To hold their head beneath the waters
And swallow pills was how they lived
Their daily existence

Nothing mattered and there was no care
To sit blindly with bleak blank stares
No light behind those eyes
All had been drained due to caring too much
Surrounded yet feeling alone
Feelings of not wanting to stay at home

I now know someone who sees everything
Every perspective
Each particle of light
Someone who sees beauty in even the most corrupt
Order out of chaos
Willing to open their eyes
Each day and live their dream
To live and not exist

To feel unconditional love
And care for everything
To sit with light behind those eyes
And gaze in awe at the stars above
To be surrounded and feel loved
Even when no one is there

Everyone in a while these two meet
They argue who is right
And work out their disagreements
For the benefit of each
For without one there would be no other
Neither is right or wrong
All three of us have just learnt
How to get along

I knew someone once
And it was me