The shadow

no one longs to be lost in a mystery
and yet we've all jumped
face first into its biggest pool
without even testing the water first
or maybe we have
in those vague memories
that are more inclinations than visions
more feeling than our present state of mind
yet once removed
just enough to not validate
and keep us in the shadow we've ran to
perhaps the light of knowing was too bright
too bright for our curious eyes
with saucer-sized pupils that peer
into the darkness
waiting for something
some click in the cogs of this clock
whose minutes we are running out
in this idleness
in waiting for something
some spark to ignite the dark
and burn away all of the alternative facts
who some choose to suckle from
while others turn away from in horror
those who have looked deep
into the shadow we have ran to
and know its infinite glory