The Vivid Darkness

A connection few like to look at; the bond between inner darkness and life force.

Darkness isn’t evil. It is, in form, the raw will to live, to strive, to push through and shape reality. It’s instinct, rage, desire, grief, all the deep currents that create momentum. The ones who are truly alive have met their darkness, and they haven’t turned away.

Some are born with more darkness than others. And for that, as they go out into the world, they will meet shame. That is inevitable. Society fears this force and punishes those who show it too clearly. The pressure is to become smaller, softer, more acceptable.

Shame isn’t inherently a bad thing, it can be a compass. A necessary mirror. But to let shame kill the fire is to become hollow. To suppress the darkness is to invite self-hate, trauma, emotional numbness as it stagnates the life force within.

The only real path is to accept the darkness. To embrace it. To carry it, stay connected to it, and choose to do good not by denying it, but by learning how to aim it.

This is where boundaries matter. Not to silence the fire, but to give it direction.
Will without shape becomes destruction. Shape without will becomes flaccid.

True vitality lies in that tension:
To burn without burning out.
To carry darkness without letting it rot you.
To do what’s right not because you are pure, but because you are powerful enough to choose.