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Your image haunted my dreams
The thrill of your fingers on my body
A longing of temporary bliss
So badly I wish to reach out
So badly I don't want to be bit again

But your traits
The anguish you hold
I never would have thought
I find once more

Through the pages I read
A story unknown to me
Our could have been and maybe next times
Blossomed on the page

Good and evil
Shadow and light
Forever entwined

I got to live the moments again
Giggling at the thought
Of a trashed hotel room
Wondering if you still thought of it too

I might not have your hand to hold
I might not get another kiss
But I can have that love once more
And you became my shadow man

Always out of sight
Look pretty
Play the part
Smile and wave
and never have smarts
Bide it well
Hold it still
Wait for the moment

A moment of uncertainty
a moment of battle clarity
a moment of freedom

Bide the time
hold still
stead fast ahead
wait for the moment


to strike
Is this fear?
Is it anger?
Pain?
oh what is it I am feeling

The numbness
the sting of a cut
the confusion
what is going on?????
Perform my act
I watch you smile
the crowd cheers
and they give you a thumbs up

but when they leave
you growl and bite
cutting me with words
and leaving no trace

Stand up in front of the crowd
play my part
do my act
and listen to the cheers

One by one
they come back
asking for an encore
Calling me by name

"Shes so impressive"
"So imperational"
"We want her"

But when time comes
you make an excuse
and hide me behind your shadow

cutting my wings
chaining my feet
preventing me from flying

Act my part
entertain the crowd
hear them clap
and watch you smile

how much longer will you chain me?
how much longer will you beat me?
how much longer must I hide
the scars no one sees?
When the poet talks
I hear their story
But when they write
I listen to their demons
To understand a fragile mind
to love a worried
to support the pained
love the unknown

So little
so forgotten
so not enough

just maybe
there is still hope
maybe tomorrow could be better?
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