Shadows
Shadows (Poem)
The Sun beameth bright from up in the air
And when at my back its rays did they stare
Transcending the ages that separate time
Projecting my past as darkness aligned
With where I was going, it stretched out ahead
As if darkened past paved my future instead
The merciless sun had shaped like the clay
An impostor of shadow, but warped with dismay
But as I kept walking, the sun had moved on
It peaked in the sky, then descended upon
The path that I walked - where I was to tread
Where once lay my shadow and path I misread
Now shoneth so bright that I couldn’t see
But that was okay - I was shadow-free
So onward I walked, with shadow behind
The future was mine, no longer defined
By misshaped illusion, and that of the past
This beautiful day - I hope it will last.
- A. J. Darkholme
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Shadows (Lyrics)
[Intro]
The sun beameth bright from up in the air,
Its rays at my back, I felt their stare.
Projecting the past, a darkness ahead,
A future miswritten by shadows I fed.
[Verse 1]
A merciless light shaped the clay of my skin,
An impostor behind me, the weight of my sins.
Stretching forever, a road I once feared,
A shadowed illusion of all I revered.
[Chorus]
But the sun keeps moving, the sky will change,
Shadows will bend, distort, rearrange.
The future is mine, I won’t be defined,
By echoes of darkness I left behind.
[Verse 2]
The sun reached its peak, it blinded my eyes,
No shadow ahead, no more disguise.
The path that I walked was blazing with light,
The past fell away. No more to rewrite.
[Chorus]
But the sun keeps moving, the sky will change,
Shadows will bend, distort, rearrange.
The future is mine, I won’t be defined,
By echoes of darkness I left behind.
[Bridge]
All I thought I was, all I thought I’d be,
Was written in shadow, a false destiny.
But the sun burns through, and I finally see,
The light is enough to carry me.
Carry me…
[Chorus]
The sun keeps moving, the sky will change,
Shadows will bend, distort, rearrange.
The future is mine, I won’t be defined,
By echoes of darkness I left behind.
[Outro]
No longer defined…
The shadows behind.
This beautiful day…
I hope it will last.