Shadow

Look at that little girl With the round joy-filled face A shadow of my happy past Dancing with young grace Before this calamity began Before that wretched time Came pleasure and fun And warm laughing chimes No sorrows or troubles No need to frown or cry But as they say You don't realise what you have Until it is taken away My past was so happy While the future is unclear My destiny is in certain A good reason to fear Who am I And where will I go Where will my fate take me To friend or to foe How will I move forward Knowing what I left behind Was a graceful young child With peace in her mind Look at that little girl With the round joy-filled face A shadow of my happy past Dancing with young grace