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Dreams That Only The Shadow And I Know

He walked with me in innocent youth
He but a rascal, a mere shade of truth
Yet whether brighter morn or dark of night
He knew, my aspirations, oft my plight
Never were his elegant moves random
We seemed to dance about in tandem
Yet as much as I saw I never knew
If we but one or if we were but two.

That dawn we walked the woods to enjoy
He but a shadow, I but a mere boy
Yes, between us was a most solemn bond
We were of each other so very fond
Lately his gate was uneasy and slow
Yet still he went wherever I would go
That night, I woke seeing him slip away
I cried out, come on back please, please stay.

Dawn came and the invisible space came
It arrived in silence, played no game
Too oft it invaded my searching heart
Somehow easily tore my soul apart
I bowed and begged for a reprieve
Because the silence set echoes to deceive
Now a man, my shadow friend I so miss
When at night I hear eerie silence hiss.

He walked with me in innocent youth
He but a rascal, a mere shade of truth
Yet whether brighter morn or dark of night
He knew, my aspirations, oft my plight
Never were his elegant moves random
We seemed to dance about in tandem
Yet as such as I saw, I never knew
If we but one or if we were but two.

R.J. Lindley,  June 17th, 1973
Rhyme, ( Wherein The Light Of Innocence Was Lost )

Old Note: 6/17/1973
What was thus lost cannot be captured again.
Life is funny that way. It gives and it takes.
Sadly what was most precious it seems to take
 with a certain kind of morbid glee.

New Note:  12-13-2020
What was lost will never ever return
Oft enlightenment I desire to spurn
Once in youth-  shadow was a dear, true friend
Its absence I can no longer pretend.

Add- Decided to bring this old one out 
To see the light of day. To walk down memory lane
I was then in 1973 into my 19th year on this old blue marble…
And I remember that innocence was the shield
That fled away far too soon……
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