Author’s Note

This poem was written on February 19th as a quiet reflection on duality within the self. We are often told to choose between parts of who we are – light or shadow, reason or imagination, strength or softness. But real wholeness comes from learning both can exist at once.

A Balance Found is about accepting the full spectrum of who we are. The dreamer and the observer. The light and the shade. Not as opposing forces, but as pieces of the same soul that finally learns to stand whole.

Rowan Evans


A symbolic image of a person standing between light and shadow, representing balance between different parts of the self.
Finding harmony between light and shadow within the self.

A Balance Found
Poetry by Rowan Evans
(written February 19th, 2025)

Ink and shadow, light and shade,
Both have their place, both were made.
One to dream, one to see,
And I stand whole—both parts of me.


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