Betrayal Lets the Light Shine Brighter

When someone you once thought  
You could trust betrays you 
The knife cuts jagged and deep 
Shattered pieces fall before you 
Your heart torn from your body 
Thrown on the cold dark floor 
Smashed into many tiny pieces  
Obliterated from existence  
They want to ensure they crushed  
All of you to the ends of no return 
As you sit recalling all the good  
You have done for them and 
Question what did you do wrong 
Remember you did nothing wrong 
You are the Light that they fear 
For fear leads those to harm you 
Fear deep within them that has 
Turned them dark and cold 
But let your Light shine brightly 
Brighter than before 
For they are a reflection of what 
They find within themselves 
Not a mirror of your Light 
For Light does not harm 
It does not fear 
The Light can see through the darkness
And knows when to step aside 
And let the dark bury itself forever more.  

Maria Lisa Polegatto 
July 30, 2015