The Pain that I know

The pain that I know,
refuses to let go,
I don't want it to go.
For it is my pain,
it shapes me,
it molds me,
it makes me,
it makes me
who and what I am.
Yet I am not defined
by demons,
I am defined
by my shadow.
As long as I remember
the light,
the day,
I will remember
the darkness,
the night.
Everyone says that's not
right
but they don't understand,
once you forget the pain,
you will forget the lesson,
you will become a weaker person.