True Allies

Once in my life

darkness gathered and
kith and kin went out
to misspell,mistrust me.
at first it seemed to me
all had if vanished.
love,faith, familiarity,
i found myself alone
deserted and deceived.
perpetrators of duplicity
wore a look away attitude.
leaving me to conclude-
truth faith go all in vain.
they only bring unbearable pain.
bitterness prevailed and life
turned into a searing weight.
friends derided me and
 a few evnen chose to betray me.
day in day out,i thought and thought
and thought.
with eyes brimming with tears
 i dwelt in ruts for long.
 often asking myself-
what sustained me during
such traumatic times?
the query was answered
from a still chore of heart.
it were they who nursed me
hope,dream and a desire to be.


1985