Choosing to Stand Firm

Fighting the Compromises

By: the iHope Poet

Break a heart,

Shatter glass,

Make it start.

The rain is falling fast.

Lightning gleams,

Thunder rolls,

Shadows pass;

But there’s more to this than that.

Battling

Against the world

In the dark

Is harder than it looks

All the words,

All the cares

And all the hurt

Make life misunderstood.

When hope is lost,

Powers change,

You disappear

To join the other side.

And as I look

Through the foe’s

Tempting glass,

The mirror of compromise;

It’s you I see

Standing lost,

Turned around,

Hoping to find what made

The easiness

Of their black

Battlefield

Seem real before it fades.

Well, I wish you luck,
There's little chance

Of your return.

It was your choice to go.

Now I’m alone

Wanting help,

Needing strength;

I’ll not be tricked into letting go.