---
title: "What you carry"
description: ""
contentType: "poem"
section: "poetry"
topics:
  - "poetry"
language: "en"
publishedAt: 2021-02-17
updatedAt: 2021-02-17
status: "current"
author: "Mari Lescaille"
canonicalUrl: "https://www.mlescaille.com/poetry/what-you-carry/"
---

# What you carry

You are the darker parts

And the light inside

You are determined for the anger inside as much as the joy

You are your silences as much as your voice

The time you choose to shine defines you as much as the time you hide

The shame you carry is as deeply you

As the pride that holds your head high

Love and hate are so close

It defines a moment:

what you let go

what you carry.