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Luminence
My heart was the only place where reality's light didn't shine. As I sat in that classroom full of light talking to each other, I turned my face downwards as the reflection began to hurt my eyes.
 
 Nothing moved my switch so I was in the dark about who I really was or what I could be. Moving around blindly, using society's beacons to find a way.
 
 I had to stop moving when there was nothing illuminating my path. I was terrified what might be lurking in the distance. Was I walking into my cliff, or a spark for my heart?
 
 There was only one way to find out. As I walked I suddenly hit my head against an object. It said "Ow." "Are you alright?" I couldn't see anything in front of me so this person was in the same boat as me.
 
 After talking with this person, I realized we were very much alike. Ideas for the future beamed into my mind and it gave me hope. 
 
 With every word I could see more of her smile. Every sentence made her eyes light up.
 "You sparked something within me." Was the last sentence I could utter after I took her hand walking towards our own path.

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