Laura Dee Poet Rhyme

My Republic

By Laura Dee Battle
January 24, 2015

Republic of the shadows seem to say
I was deceiving them yesterday
To claim I was so promising
Is haunting like their broken ring

I am the passenger above the mile high decay
Thinking of the shadows I saw yesterday
The promising things they used to bring 
Still haunting me; the choir sings

I left the shadows so far behind 
But I miss days when I was blind 
It's brighter now but oh so dangerous 
I'm struggling and way too scandalous 

So hopefuls be damned for loving my kiss 
In retrospect the price I paid is really hard to miss 
Alone I stand but that's the way it has to be 
It may be late for you and me, but you can always meet me at the trees

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