We're Going to Start Today: A Poem of Shadows and Light
We're going to start today
with the weight of all that's come before—
the battles fought in silence,
the scars no one sees but her,
the nights when shadows whispered
and hope felt like a distant star.
Olivia Benson stands at the edge of dawn,
a warrior forged in fire and sorrow,
her heart a fortress and a flame,
her hands steady even when they tremble,
her voice a promise to the broken
that they will not be forgotten.
She faced a darkness that wears a human face—
William Lewis, a name that echoes
like a storm in the corridors of her mind,
a man who shattered lives with cold precision,
who played the cruelest games
with the souls of the innocent.
Their story is not one of simple hate,
but a twisted dance of power and pain,
where predator and protector
became reluctant partners in a deadly waltz,
each testing the limits of trust and fear,
each searching for control in a world unkind.
Olivia saw the monster, yes—
but she also saw the man beneath,
fractured, lost, grasping for meaning
in the wreckage he'd made.
She did not offer forgiveness lightly,
nor did she pretend the past was erased—
but she extended a hand,
a chance to step out of the shadows.
Redemption is not a gift,
but a journey through fire and ash,
a slow, painful rebirth of the soul.
She gave him no promises,
only the truth that change is possible—
that even the darkest heart
can learn to beat with light.
Their path was jagged, fraught with doubt,
with moments when the past threatened
to swallow them whole.
But in the cracks between fear and fury,
something fragile took root—
a recognition that pain shared
can become the soil for healing.
And through it all, Olivia carried life—
not just the life she protected on the streets,
but the life growing within her,
a child born not of love's gentle hand,
but of violation by unseen forces—
a violence wired in circuits,
a horror that cannot be fought with fists.
Yet she chose to love anyway.
To nurture hope from a place of brokenness,
to teach her son and daughter
that they are more than what was done to them,
that strength is born in rising,
that family is forged in courage.
Noah, her son, stands beside her—
a living testament to resilience,
a beacon of the future she fights for.
He holds his sister's tiny hand,
a promise that love endures
beyond the darkest nights.
On screen, Olivia is a captain,
a leader who carries the city's pain
and turns it into justice.
Off screen, she is a mother, a daughter, a friend—
a woman who knows the cost of survival,
and the power of choosing to heal.
William Lewis, once a symbol of terror,
now a man seeking his own redemption,
reflects the complexity of human souls—
that even monsters can be broken,
and that brokenness can be met
with the courage to forgive,
to offer a new beginning.
We're going to start today
with the knowledge that healing is not linear,
that strength is not absence of fear,
and that love is the most radical act of all.
Olivia teaches us to stand firm,
to face the monsters within and without,
to build bridges from broken places,
to find family in the fiercest loyalty,
to carry the light even when the night is long.
Her journey is a map—
for those lost in shadows,
for those who wonder if they can rise again.
It says: yes, you can.
Yes, you will.
And you are never alone.
So we start today—
with the courage to begin again,
with the strength to hold on,
with the hope that tomorrow
is a promise waiting to be claimed.
Olivia Benson shows us the way—
not just as a hero on screen,
but as a woman who lives the fight,
who births light from darkness,
and who teaches us all
that the greatest power
is the power to love,
to heal,
and to rise.
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