There were shadows
Consistent on the edges of the roomPersistent, refusing to move
Waiting for them to succumb.
An uproar I seemed
Had teared my heavy chest
I couldn't breathe,
And mother, I fell down.
It was the shadows of my past
I had resisted, and have been so far
Like an eclipse, once in a while
It appeared. To me.
Took away the most smiles
I once wore through my freckled face
And that feeling of desolation
Bareness was filthy
Though oh mother, I was born to feel that way.
