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Towards the light

Michelle Stone
Aug 31, 2018 · 1 min read

Keep on the path

I must

Not let the snakes

Who coil and threaten

With evil hiss

With poisoned strike

And malicious intent

Deter me from my course

The vultures hover

Ever Ready

To pick at flesh

To the depth of bone.

I am weary

I want to lie in a heap

To surrender

To admit defeat

Let them have their victory

Dance of the devils

Tired, so tired…

It will never be enough

The more I give

The more they want

I cannot fight

The innuendos and hate

The half truths

The lies

Told with sweet faces

Kind lips

Concealing

Sheathed knives

I feel their hands on my throat

Pulling me down

Into their darkness.

Stay on the path

I must

Look up

Look up

Towards the light

Stay true

Hold the course

Rise above

Trust

That in the end

Love, Peace and Light

Will prevail

And

I can rest.

Michelle Stone

Words- of all the hundreds, that swirl inside my head. I am forever haunted by the ones, I've left unsaid...

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