I am constantly haunted by your shadows
My mind is cluttered with Polaroids of you
Every love song I hear reminds me of you
Around me lingers the scent of you
With every memory I think I can feel you
And then I remember they're just shadows
And I wonder if you still think about me
And if you're much happier to be rid of me
And if you ever regret choosing to leave me
And if any of it was real, the love you gave me
Or if it was all just shadows
But still I can't think less of you
My heart only ever belonged to you
I think I was happiest when I was with you
And I'm stuck trying to get over you
Because I keep seeing shadows
Did you ever feel true love for me
In every word, every touch you gave to me
Or were you all the while just playing me
Planning in the end to cruelly break me
And leave me with all these shadows
Yes, I think I overestimated you
Your character is not as handsome as you
And now I know what I first thought of you
Was most definitely not the real you
No, only a shadow
So I must stop thinking of the wrongs in me
It's you who deserves the blame, not me
I must forget what was between you and me
The myriad of love I thought you showed me
Was simply a myriad of shadows
And those are the shadows that haunt me now
There are too many shadows here
But how can you tell what's real
When shadows and truth look exactly alike?
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Written in the Wondering State
Poetry"If we exist only to someday cease, Who are we here to please? These drops of life we continue to seize; Do they make us thieves?" If poetry is constantly spilling out of me like ink upon the parchment of an aspiring writer, then why not write it al...
