Make Personal Connections to the Text Read the final lines of the poem to consider its impact.
When day comes, we step out of the shade,
aflame and unafraid
The new dawn blooms as we free it
For there is always light,
if only we are brave enough to see it
If only we are brave enough to be it
Answer the following question:
1. What is the poet trying to say in that stanza?
2. Personal Connections: When your light shines brightest, what are you brave
enough to see and what are you brave enough to be?