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I'm fading with the light.
My shadow takes flight
naked unseen from sight
'til full moon midnight.
Zen
I can't run like you
I'll walk instead
even at my leisurely pace
I'll not be late
loving you
turned me into a poet
both the artist and the muse
all at once
knowing i'd sing for you
just as quickly as i'd bleed
to make your world
more beautiful

even now
i'd describe the sea
a thousand ways
just to capture
your shade of blue.
Exiled to dusk,
Fractions of the sun
Begin to lift away,
In concealment
We shudder,
Casting our reels
Into a pond of uncertainty,
Clock hands bend
With advancing shadow,
And speak of time
Only in past tense.

I so want everything
I ever felt for you
Preserved for posterity,
Even should forever
Be far less than
We imagined.
In shadows where my dreams once glowed,  
An imaginary friend’s tales overflowed.  
In that world, fears take flight,  
Yet by day, I'm gripped by fright,  
A scary solitude, weakness bestowed.  

With memories softly entwined,  
In this paradise world, solace I find.  
But mental illness creeps near,  
Loneliness whispers here,  
As I wander through fragments of mind.
Darkness
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