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shadow of someone
by Aaron Michaeldaylight crashes through the boughs
of the shield i filtered life through.
better to live in darkness than
see what was out of my hands again.
piece by piece
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the bitter defenses i had are no more,
and i'm subject to reality,
no choice but to face myself now,
and i am my own worst enemy.
the hammer continues to swing,
ceaseless, perpetual pounding
i can't even look at myself anymore,
i've been blinded by the light
and bloodied and broken by fists of truth.
all that's left now is a faint pulse,
the lightly beating shadow
of someone that used to be me.
07/10/2006 Posted on 07/10/2006
Copyright © 2025 Aaron Michael
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Anne Engelen on 07/11/06 at 06:00 AM ... and one day you'll step forward out of the shadow again my dear Sir, and you'll be all you ever were and probabely stronger for it too. You are still in there somewhere, to me you were never lost. |
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