Deceived Poem by Rima Kane

You appeared in my life without warning
Like the answer to my prayer
Like a light from out of the darkness,
but then the truth was revealed...
YOU were the darkness
You had enveloped my heart
in a feign warmth
Suddenly, that warmth became an eerie chill,
like the stinging cold of a January night
You even tried to make me believe that it
was my transgressions which brought about
this sudden transformation...
NO!
My heart was pure in motive
I was deceived by the darkness,
but no more
Sadly, you too are being deceived by a
darkness far more deceptive than even
yourself.....her name is malevolence

I have broken free now
I have escaped your sanctimonious world,
never to return
There is no looking back
I have made it out of the darkness

(2001)