Your little light
glows bravely
in the dark
and finds its solace
in the embrace of the few
die-hards,
loyal to the end,
and unafraid
to take the arrows
of the rest,
oh beautiful,
painful,
daring,
glorious,
emancipating
Truth.
Diana van den Berg
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/facing-it-against-all-odds/