"Dark"

by Courtney Kelly

© 2003

I looked to you
after my body was lost
beaten and bruised
raped and abandoned
But I was left here
again
in the cold, and the rain
without you to guide me.

I was told it was a test
of faith, of belief
but I know you for
what you've become -

the real test was to see
if fools could believe
that you would carry them
rather than leave.