I believe we don't fully know people until we know their darkness in addition to their light

and this includes ourselves.
so we can't say we fully love someone (or ourselves)
if we don't yet know his or her darkness (or ours) ...
in the meantime we are only loving parts of them (or us.)
If we don't let anyone see our whole self,
our dark in addition to our light,
how will we know that we are ever wholly loved?
People will only be loving part of us, and we will live our lives in imagined shame
knowing that we are not being our full selves and that no one really knows who we really are.
We will battle feelings of internal conflict and fear of being "found out"
as we hold our every breath except our sleeping ones,
knowing we are hiding parts of ourselves
afraid that if someone sees “those” parts
they will take their love away
and we will stand exposed
ashamed
and unloved.
Well I say show me what you got.
Let me see your darkness
so I can walk around in it and get to know you better.
I’m not afraid.
I won't lose my way.
I won’t run out.
Because I can show you
how love can turn darkness into light.
I’m not afraid to show you every part of me because I've already seen them and if I can still love me I know it's not impossible. It takes looking at them to see them, and seeing them to realize they don't define me. They are only a small part of who I am, as yours are of you, and they are there for us to grow from and to become better, they are there to teach us
about unconditional love.
In this way we are all our own teacher, we just have to let love show us the lessons.
If I can't trust you to walk unafraid in those dark areas of my soul
then I know you are keeping me from yours
which means we are tiptoeing around each other
pretending to be transparent
while being translucent at best.
If I can't ever really see you
how can I love the whole you?

Everyone wants to be seen,
everyone wants to be loved for who they are ...
if you can't be seen
how can you be loved?