LIVING IN THE SHADOWS

 

I finally looked into the shadows

And saw where you live

Because I’ve reached the end

I have no more to give

 

I really loved you

And I thought you loved me

But it wasn’t love

That you wanted from me

 

You wanted control, of

My every thought and deed

You brow beat me and bullied

Until you got me to conceed

 

You've always been there

Behind my tears

Belittleing and undermining

Feeding off my fears

 

Deprecating me, correcting me

Telling me I’m wrong

Bleeding me until I am weak

Making yourself strong

 

But all those empty years

I just couldn’t see

I was blind to just how bad

You really were for me

 

But now my eyes are open

And I see the man within

Those dark days are behind me

And my new life can begin

IF ONLY YOU WERE HERE

 

If only you were here

So I didn’t miss you

If only you were here

So I could kiss you

If only I had been

Granted three wishes

Then I would wish you here

And cover you in kisses

SHADOW DWELLER

 

I have always been content

To live in the shadows

Avoiding the limelight

Keeping out of the sun

Living on the fringes of life

Bathing in the reflected glory of my peers

Living life vicariously

Keeping the world at arms length

And keeping a low profile

Laughing at other peoples jokes

Rejoicing in other peoples good fortune

Cheering on other peoples success

Crying at other peoples weddings

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride

Always the uncle, never the father

Always the friend, never the lover

And why not? no harm no foul

Its safe wrapping yourself in Clingfilm

Living a sterile life, protected

Against the pain and hurt

That fills the world

And I was more than happy to do it

And I thought myself the better for it

But now I realise

I am incomplete

I have lived a half-life

Taking no risks

Not opening my shell

By not exposing myself to the dangers

I have denied myself the pleasures

Well no more will I be content

I will no longer inhabit the shadows

No more will I view life from the fringes

I want to be blinded by the limelight

I want to walk in the sunlight

Before it’s too late to live a full life

IS IT THE RIGHT TIME?

 

I’m not sure I’m ready to say it

But I know I really feel it

So I will tell you that I love you

And hope that you love me too

NO MERE FRIPPERY

 

Though some thought her unworldly

I thought she was cute

I think not being wise in the ways of the world

Is an attractive trait

It left her with an air of innocence

Untainted by convention

Some thought her a mere frippery

I thought her beyond price

But I was in a minority of one

And to my great relief I found

She was overlooked by the rest

Which left this sweet curiosity

Exclusively to me

She was my Tulip in an onion field

My Daisy in a Rose boquet

She is now my constant companion

The love of my life

HAPPINESS WAS THE HARBINGER

 

Happiness was the harbinger

Of my doom

Happy laughter echoed

In every joyful room

 

But we were too happy

That was our crime

The God’s couldn’t bear

To see us happy all the time

 

So they sent the angels

To take you from my side

They took your life

And left me dead inside

 

Sadness envelops me

As I kneel by your grave

I try to keep back the tears

I try my hardest to be brave

 

But they come anyway

My grief is unconfined

My dear sweet angel,

Resides with others of her kind

 

I curse the selfish Gods

For their spiteful jealousy

And pray to them also

To come soon and take me

THE MARINERS TALE

Marked by the tides of love,

We almost breached the sea wall

Before our fortunes waned

And we began our Titanic fall

 

From the crest of a wave

To the depths of the deepest sea

Marks the rise and fall

Of the love between you and me