Darkness And Gold

Does the falling hurt?  Can you, after, stand?
All the pain locked inside the warrior You
Cannot force you to choose what to do.
It is a deadly, even fatal, path that's planned.
None say they endure, as you, what you go through.

Maybe they admire you for your fires, too.

Every laugh and jest against
Seem pure cruelty dispensed.
No gold hidden 'side your heart
Dare you share, lest any beware
The very real darkness kept inside.

Darkness in them.  Darkness in you.

Shrouded in that darkness, a treasure untold.
None could resist taking your gold
Could this gold choose to move
Outside the heart that is its hold,
Pained for each blast of loving cold.

How much can you bear to go through?

Repeat action taken so many times.
Lay your heart out.  At the world's mercy,
You do what so few can ever do.
Vulnerable by choice.  Nothing hid.
Of secrets you are completely through.

Do you know the full worth of you?

Has no one told you that you are strong?
Without guarantees you still push on,
Hoping and wanting the gold at the end.
You hear that you have treasure now.
Can it be?  Will you, hope, allow?

Treasure in the dark, O Warrior You.

Adam Scott Campbell