Pool of Shadows

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Still waters run deep beneath my

Discomfort. Still thoughts flash like

Silver fish under the bridge of unspoken emotion.

You've been gone too long. Things

Have changed, man.

Clouds are overhead, threatening

To break, but all I feel is a sense of

Nostalgia, and the fleeting awareness of loss.

You don't follow me across that bridge,

Broken as it is now.

I turn to watch you, I'm asking the

Questions. You've moved on from

Where we used to stand. Gone, gone, far.

The waters stir black under the wind,

It's a shame.

Your journey continues, though. Storm

Or not, you're leaving me. Past or not, you've

Moved ahead. Taking your friends with you, leaving

Me behind with the driving wind and the

Cutting droplets.

I'm soaked through, in body and spirit.

I've felt the burn of your passing shadow.

Now I welcome the floods, let heaven break over

Me. Let its gates shower me down with

Forgetfulness and peace.

Cause you've gone.

You've left me.

You're never coming back.

But I can't bring myself

To feel a thing.

So I'll just lie here by my pool of shadows.

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