Shadow Work

Don't fear the dark, don't turn around so fast That's not a monster waiting in the past That's just the part of you that's been out in the cold Tired of knocking on a door you were told to hold This is shadow work, not to make them bleed Just to know their faces, just to learn what they need Bring the light, bring the dark Bring the whole of who you are You weren't built to choose a side Of the heart you hold inside There are parts that only speak When the night is long and deep Don't bring a flashlight just to shame them Bring them a seat Follow the ache back down the hall To the room where it started, to the crack in the wall Find the thing beneath the thing beneath the thing The real one's buried under songs you learned to sing This is shadow work, two or three lies deep Stories you made up to survive, now they won't let you sleep Bring the light, bring the dark Bring the whole of who you are You weren't built to choose a side Of the heart you hold inside There are parts that only speak When the night is long and deep Don't bring a flashlight just to shame them Bring them a seat The monster was never what you had to fear The monster is what grows when nobody comes near When nobody ever pulls a chair across the floor And asks it to sit down And talk Like it's something worth asking for So bring the light, bring the dark Bring the whole of who you are You need it all to be all of you Every broken, every true There are parts that only speak When the night is long and deep I won't bring a flashlight just to shame them I'll bring them a seat Sit down Let's talk This is shadow work