Hidden in Shadow
When you told me that you loved me I believed every word
When they told me how wrong you were I thought they were absurd
But then you began to hold so tightly
And then I started to see what had been growing so slightly
There shuttering in your heart was the howl of possession
And it tore through you so greatly it smothered you in depression
You tried to put me in a gilded cage
Feeding me lies to dull my rage
So foolish I was to make a mistake so grave
Now my heart is dark and empty like an abandoned cave
Because that is not how I love you works
It does not settle in the shadows where it lurks
The wings can only beat with trust
Or the relationship will soon combust
Speak softly with words that are kind
Make sure your feelings aren’t the only ones in mind
You must support each other with a balance like a scale
Tip too much one way and it will fail
Don’t push, Don’t shove
Stroke love gently like a dove
All these sentences came rushing out
But all you did was shout
Now I sing from the closed window “Love comes in many ways, Keep it healthy or it decays.”