Shadow Man

walks with trampolines on his feet Cracks jokes with the mortician Reminds you of drunk uncle Todd at any wedding ever Chops oak trees with a single swift swing Smartest in the room full of doctors Success comes effortless behind this exhausting sophisticated façade he possesses the confidence of a failure Misery equal to a mother whose youngest son died in a motorcycle accident unable to cry real tears thirsty for affection or to feel weightless from the anvils on his shoulders A never ending replay It was the black ice's fault not his Blaming himself for what happened to a dear friend now taking an eternal dirt nap