through light

through light the dark penetrated
to ingest and push away
all the positivity that she
needed to stay,
in a world where she could not
find  her way.
on heaps of heartless detritus
quietly she stood
her ground,
clinging on
to that which she perceived
as good
this battle raged
as she aged.
she did perhaps the
best that she could
never sure.
always dure.