YOUR SHADOW
Location
There's something deep inside my soul
But I can't get serious babe
And honesty is a broken toy
Spinning pirouettes around the lonliness
That I've not only come to know
But embrace with a ferocity
That my broken-hearted past used to dread
In all weather including fair
At the risk of spilling tears
That I simply cannot afford to let
I break the ice covering truth
And share just enough to know
I never should have driven you away like this
When lies would have said as much
And kept you nearer than the far-away that you have become
In my familiar fetal-heap I weep
Knowing you'll never even send a postcard
To taunt me with the sunny weather
You bask in with a lover who will never
Love you as much as my twisted way
I stare through shattered windowpanes
In the dusty-coldness and the vastness
Of an empty room which we once shared
And made lovers love for your shadow
That I hope has lost it's way and
Remains behind to love me
Long after you have gone without
Ever waving goodbye
01-09-1996