Shadow.
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I walk a shadow at my feet,
It stands in front of me,
I feel the warmth a shadow brings,
That only I can see,

I miss my shadow when it's not there,
For then I feel the cold,
It gives me time to think about,
My life and growing old.

My shadow is a part of me,
I need to feel alive,
I never try to take it's place,
From me it never hides,

Only when my shadow walks behind,
Something never feels quite right,
I feel the warmth, I know it's there,
But I'm blinded by the light.
Unknown "Angel" Content - 16 years, 11 months, 1 day ago

Lost island.
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After so long the pain resides,
Still in my suffered soul,
To hold a moment in my mind,
A piece to make me whole,

Am I destined to be this way,
Forever an empty hand,
Only thoughts of you to guide my way,
Over every foriegn land,

Landscapes are always different,
Yet familiar are the skies,
Always different faces stare,
I only see your eyes,

Please take this pain I beg you,
The feeling of my loss,
For which ever hand I take as mine,
It's yours I bear, my cross,

I hoped this weight I carry,
be reduced by pastures new,
Nay all these places are the same,
The shore I need is you,

Come the heavens down, devour me,
Tear away my flesh and see,
Strip away all of my faculties,
Until here lies just me,

A naked man before you,
Broken down by travelling far,
An empty shell, a mirror cracked,
No heart, no soul, a scar,

A scar upon this place we call,
Our tender, fragile earth,
A darkness only in his eyes,
When once there shone some worth,

Is this the man I shall become,
Too weary to fight on,
A suffered heart, a lonely soul,
The will for life all gone,

I damn you, my emotions,
Leave me be, I heed you not,
I am not lost, I know my way,
Take sail for lands forgot,

When I arrive on shores of old,
kneel down in sand so soft,
All foriegn will they seem to me,
Until I'm swept aloft,

To face the sky I knew so well,
Embrace the fields so green,
All those cites travelled,
Compare the things I've seen,

Come guide me through your valleys,
Show me places that are new,
Release your winds upon me,
My island, that is you.
Unknown "Angel" Content - 16 years, 11 months, 1 day ago

Tattoo. (Man of Thorns)
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For every year I wear those thorns,
Remind me of the pain,
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I know these thorns have meaning,
All the years that we're apart,
For these thorns protect the rose,
Tattooed upon my Heart.

I held your head upon my hand,
Eyes open, the first time,
How my heart soared, my neck went cold,
To know that you were mine.

Will my Demons punish me,
And keep me from your side,
I try so hard to make things right,
My feelings I can't hide.

One day you'll understand my fate,
My mind ruled by my heart,
The hardest thing thus far in life,
Was tearing us apart.

Be rest assured that in this time,
You're always on my mind,
The voice, the song,
Within the memories I find.

In my heart a hollow,
Where you did once reside,
Until the day we are again,
Standing, side by side.

To need the smile from my own kin,
I'm punished, what was my crime?
Will I be a man of thorns,
Until the end of time.
Unknown "Angel" Content - 16 years, 11 months, 1 day ago