I saw the darkness near the start
glimpsed the
damage to the heart
but despite my pause
I wanted to receive
apologies and
other words that please
but missing
in my training
was the wisdom to heed
the warning
darkness unattended
will grow untended
and extended
hidden in unexplored corners
places kept secret
in pretends
in little lies
and tries to please
in every lack of integrity
darkness waited for its collaborator
an open door
for lack of transparency
to yield up dishonesty
and concealed iniquity
to slowly grow and seep
from the corners to the deep
recesses of the darkened mind
the one hiding behind
a disintegrating mask
pretend
became disinterest
became anger
became un-forgiveness
the avalanche of
deceit
betrayal
destruction
total darkness
threatened total black out
I didn’t truly know
but darkness has a foe
its weapons have no defense
its power lost against
the littlest ray of light
Light came for me
Light set me free
Light carried me
on to find my destiny
I’ll forever be a child of Light
and every darkness must take flight
when HaShem becomes my sole delight
Copyright M.E. Mullin
Rooted and Grounded 