Looking into the darkness with my back to the light, I stand in the shadows.

Looking into the darkness with my back to the light, I stand in the shadows.
How many times have you seen a statement that tells what a real friend is?
Looking deep within, trying to face my inner darkness, those parts of myself that I have allowed to influence me and the choices I make that are not always in my best interest, I feel small.
Every now and then we feel overwhelmed, beat down, out of control, or just plain crappy.
Looking back I can see all my mistakes and failings.
When we are being honest, often it is not they who are not enough, but we who want more than they offer.
Too often we use sexual desire as a gauge for love–how deep, how real–but is that fair?