Shadows

These shadows ever surround me

impossible escape from the dark sea

waking every day

hoping for a change

But never evading the shade

How many times will I replay the years?

When will they stop begging for tears

I see the light and walk the line

But the shadows always near

We were companions

convinced they cover my sins

they never mentioned the darker ends

that inevitably appeared

The ones that'd always beg for tears

They make the ugly seem as its not

as a beautiful shifting backdrop

with every moment they grip you tight

and unsuspected cause a fright

who's soul purpose blinds the light

So when you wake at night

and feel the shadows shifting

as you lie and watch the incessant flickering

It's only shadows that you hear

and you'll never relive the darkened year