Listen not to the shadows that whisper,
Which has said I have cast my heart into
the abyss
That I have poured myself and beyond into a void unending,
Seeking to fill a cup that could not accept me.
Listen instead to the light that dwells within,
Whose voice says that my heart and soul have lived true and learned.
That in dying to myself I came to see what I knew not existed,
And have become able to love in more ways than I had ever seen.
Tempering Iron 