Shadow Symphony

In a drowsy darkness, I was roused by a caw

Blinking the fatigue away, I stared at the sky

Black clouds roamed above, as if nights have found a way to crawl

Into morning's place, only there was a dim and distant light

What's with all the stench, as if everything was dead and rotting

The dirt was dry and lifeless, cranked as I got up to my feet

Then, I realized, this was not the

World, that I know

I was in a dark reflection of it

Then, I realized this world was

Devoid of light

This was just a shadow of my world

As I walked along

Places where I used to live

All I could recall

Were shadowy dark memories

Nothing colorful and

Happy came to my mind

This was when I saw

The shade of someone I know

A perfect clone of

Someone I used to hate

She walked as if in a dream

In slow motion and absent

When I called her by her name

She didn't even seem to know me

No shade in this shadow of a world

Ever knew where they wandered like a doll

Lost in melancholimare

They were locked in a prison of their sorrow

Their eyes looked but they never saw

Anything else than their misfortune

As I tried to converse with the shade

I was drawn into their dark despair

I swore that I would stop

Trying to talk to the shade

Else I

Would drown and become one of them

So as I walked towards the light

I passed by all the crying shades of

People I

Once used to know where I came from

I would never be a shade

I would never lose, to shadows

wish I'd never seen

what I then saw in distance

It was my home

wrecked, in ruins, but the same

My heart almost froze

I stepped in through the broken door

There, wrapped in grief

Sat the one shade I couldn't ignore

"Do you know who am I" I said

No, what are you doing in my house?

"You may not remember me, we met years ago"

Are you the new neighbor, does your phone work? Mine never does

Also the fridge is broken, the pool is fetid, no water

comes off the pipes, I m always ill, I dont remember the last time I

laughed, my pills are lost, no visitor ever comes here, I cut my finger on the broken windows, oh I wish I could be happy

No, I will never leave you here

I won't let you suffer here

You won't get to live like this

I will take you back to light

No, you may not know who I am

We are lovers in my world

You know I look like

Someone you once knew

Wait, do I know you?

It's me, don't you remember?

Who are you? What are you doing in my house?

I'm, I am the new neighbour

I didn't know I had a new neighbour, does your phone work?

Yes, it does, you can use it, why don't you come with me?

I really can't

Why?

I just can't, leave me alone

Thank you for the love you gave me

Thank you for the inspiration

Thank you for sharing with me

All the secrets you once had

Thank you for being with me

Thank you for having loved me

Thank you for smiling when I

Told you that I'll never leave you

Alone...

I know all the shadow and despair in this land

Is finally getting to me, I'm drowning

Even if I don't reach the light

Even if I forget who I am, without a clue

Whatever melancholy and sadness we fight

I'll become my own shadow, beside you

In a drowsy darkness, I was roused by a caw

Blinking the fatigue away, I stared at the walls

Blood stains painted it, as if it's been washed by it

There was no water, there was only a rythmic sob

What's with all the pouting, as if she was hurt constantly

Her eyes were wet, dried tear stains painted her cheeks

Then, I realized, this was not the

World, that I know

This was just a dark reflection of her

Then, I realized this world was

Devoid of sound

This was just a shadow symphony sang in despair

Let this hell be our heaven