Euphoria

How do you love
without knowing hate,
how do you seek light
without feeling dark?
Excitement yet confusion
deluded, locked in
but freed in the unbound mind.

How can you know the truth
without being told a lie,
how can you be rich
if you never were poor?
Stolen yet found
lost in words
revived by the power in them.

How do you have friends
without being a loner,
how can thoughts not matter
without them being hurtful?
Self awareness, self broken
constant criticism
still will fight to finish.

How can you say impossible
without first failing,
how do you quit
without knowing the start?
Searching still, floating in tears
unfound identity
yet everything no other can be.

FiMisola-Samuel