| The Shadow |
| The Twilight seeps through the window of my soul. Emotions overwhelm. I’ve lost control. The room grows darker still. My naked skin feels the chill. As the darkness settles within, I behold only what is grim. I dare not glance behind me. I dare not glimpse around to see That an entangled blackness writhes, And begins to grow with muted sighs. Can I lay my past to rest? Or…will I only regress? Allowing the depression to embrace. Too fearful to look into its soulless face. It grasps me tightly within its bony grip. My tenacity to struggle slowly slips. Why!... have you stolen so many years? No answer… And silently fall my tears. I had tried to reach out to you, But instead your coldness ensued. No tenderness, no warmth within your eyes. I was frightened by the deceptions, lies. Was I so horrid, so awful to gaze upon? Why have you done me this unjustifiable wrong? Feeling the emptiness within your soul, I cower in fear wondering what toll You’ll exact from me in the years to come. How will it add up? What is its sum? Long ago my husband you ceased to be. What a horrific tragedy! When did we lose the harmony? And sink into mediocrity? You became lost in obscurity And anonymity? You are a stranger strolling. I am a perplexed wife toiling. You pretend I no longer exist. My advances for answers you resist. “It’s no longer there” you say. I say, “Let’s find a way.” But my hand is the only one reaching out. You had begun an adventure upon another route. You left me so far behind. To my pain you were blind. My love, it went to waste. By money and power it was outpaced. What is the value of those things? Only superficial pleasure does it bring. Long ago you had broken your vow. You are the shadow that haunts me now. But I seek the dawn that will shine upon me. That will wash away the darkness, setting me free! |