In the shadows
is where I lie.
Watching the world
As it steadily passes me by
No one sees and no one hears
My agony filled cry
No one knows of my desperate need
The dominant need to die
I'm all alone
In this crowded room
The loneliness is a cliff
And I'm plummeting to my doom.
I wasn't always like this,
But like a flower that began to bloom
This darkness spread over me
And threatens to consume.
So for now, I'll keep hidden
In my comforting shadows
While I watch the world
With eyes that no one knows
Forever forgotten
Here alone,
With only my shadows.
-Lydia Gordon
Nov 4, 2013
Nov 4, 2013 at 12:39 PM UTC
In the shadows
is where I lie.
Watching the world
As it steadily passes me by
No one sees and no one hears
My agony filled cry
No one knows of my desperate need
The dominant need to die
I'm all alone
In this crowded room
The loneliness is a cliff
And I'm plummeting to my doom.
I wasn't always like this,
But like a flower that began to bloom
This darkness spread over me
And threatens to consume.
So for now, I'll keep hidden
In my comforting shadows
While I watch the world
With eyes that no one knows
Forever forgotten
Here alone,
With only my shadows.
-Lydia Gordon
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