Invisible Monsters

The shadows in my dream Burning through the leaves Shadows so disturbed They break me from the good that I have shared Scraping through the day The darkness likes to play Livelihood now gone Leaving every place where I belonged Tear me inside out The shadow starts to shout Betraying all I need I pray for strength to lift me off my knees Darkness in the air Enveloping my care Replacing all I say With quiet paintings whispering this pain Underneath these screams My shadow and my dream Both would claim my soul But either way the world would eat me whole