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My Shadow
When you see my shadow on a wall
a billboard shouts "I'm Here"
You come to me thinking
I see writing on the wall
my door appears to you always open
a box of tissues in my hand
and some chocolate even closer
the cure I make for you repeatedly
just drains me completely dry
When the monsters storm at night
everyone has a child inside
who needs a safe haven to hide
Guarded by flashlights
measured by occasional runs for food
someone who says when morning breaks
it was only shadows all along
When the rain starts falling
what seemed like savored independence
leaves you the stranger by the fountain
so wet jumping in wouldn't make a difference,
thinking all the wishes from pennies
brightly blinking and dancing underwater
wouldn't even begin to fix your broken world
When you think you've reached the bottom
not only does your rescue ladder fall
but the light disappears from view
Without something to surely guide you
How do you tell which way is even up?
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Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna
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