let me show you what a shadow feels like.

blank, dark, unnoticed.

i am my own shadow, in the light.

I didnt know
How deep I was
Until you found
A piece of me
So lost
Even I didnt know
It existed

A colored blood of red
oozed out of my skin
it was asking stem of origin
gender and  humanity
who am i?

he smiles to hide
the hurt inside
his shining eyes
are only lies

he laughs out loud
despite dark clouds
that clog his mind
with thoughts unkind

he lives a life
of hidden strife
and this, his plight
he obscures with light

so see his smile
and know his guile
his favorite mask?
you need not ask

the monster under my bed
grasped my hand tight,
for it too,
felt my fear
of loneliness

I'm ready to forgive you
but forgetting is a harder fight

Life
                                                            ­    has
            a
                       funny
     way
                                           of
                                  
                                ruining

      
                                                      Lives.