Wednesday's Three Word Wednesday

The words over at Three Word Wednesday are darkness, patronize and weaken.

The Path
The voice cries out from the darkness,
Angry and stalking,
It weakens my resolve,
To stay true,
To the path that cuts the gloom,
The tangled webs,
The dark hearts,
The crushed dreams,
The howls yet grow stronger,
And still I walk,
Through the valley of the shadow,
Determined not to stumble,
As the shrill voice patronizes,
The choices,
The desires,
The life,
The very path I choose to follow