Betrayal Poem

The first stanza of the poem of “True Colors” written by Bryan P. Mix, is about life-changing events caused by betrayal. Mix describes a feeling of grief with the lines “feel the intruding lead that hangs my head in pain,” which uses “intruding lead” as a metaphor to convey the strong emotion to the reader. In the second stanza, Mix explains how betrayal affects people negatively even when they were not involved in the act. This relates to Mark Antony and the fact that he was not at the scene of Caesar’s death but was still strongly affected by it and his life was changed by it. Later in the poem, Mix talks about how a traitor may act normal yet again around his or her friends, but they “can never conceal the true colors I saw.” Cassius and Brutus both were friendly to Mark Antony after assassinating Caesar, but Antony reacted parallel to the poem. He rejected their friendship because he cannot forgive their betrayal of Caesar. Spenczar and Phamulous. Mix, Bryan. "True Colors." Web. 1 Apr 2011. .