Heart in a Shadow
It’s hard living in darkness
When you know the hands that cast the shadow
When eyes have an absence of love
Hope is a fruitless virtue
a downward spiral greets a cry for help
My eyes have seen many winters
but none as cold as this
When hands that were to protect
are clenched in hateful anger
an absence of compassion
When eyes that were bright
are dark with deception
I sit in the darkness
Cast by once tender hands
once loving eyes
How can I lift my hands
to defend against such hands and eyes?
I can’t help but surrender
To living in darkness
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