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shadow of someone

by Aaron Michael

daylight 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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g


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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 © 2024 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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