The Light-bearer's Dilemma

The sun faithfully rises in the east, adhering to a celestial routine that predates all memory. People have labelled certain individuals as the human equivalent of the sun, yet they live a life devoid of rhythmic predictability. The absence of a structured routine prompts reflection: despite their apparent disorder, do they still emit an illuminating warmth and a soul-nourishing essence to those around them?

The enigma persists: why, in the grand design, are they chosen to radiate warmth even when it threatens to consume them from within?

Like the sun, revered by many, these individuals find themselves in paradoxical solitude. While they provide meaning and purpose to those who gravitate around them, they remain alone—the guiding light, devoid of guidance. In the vast expanse of their existence, the very brilliance that draws others toward them becomes a source of isolation, as their path remains obscured by the radiance they cast upon the lives of others. The question lingers, profound and unanswered: in being the beacon, can they ever escape the shadow of their own light?