Glow Sticks
on social media someone posted: Glow sticks don't glow until they are broken.
A glow stick doesn’t glow,
until it’s broken.
I’ve been thinking about that all day.
How something has to crack
before it can be seen.
Someone’s hand bending it, snapping it—
a decision it didn’t get to vote on.
Maybe that’s me,
made to stay dark
until I can’t.
Not shining on command,
but turning bright
when someone breaks me.
Not blinding light,
but honest light.
The kind you notice too late.
The kind you swear
was never there before.
About the Creator
Tina D. Lopez
I’m just a human trying to make it in this world. I write about heartbreak, loneliness, longing, anger, family—all the things I can’t seem to leave alone. Everything I write is about me, even when it’s about someone else.
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