Shadows

I felt the shadows falling in the places We used to be Upon our mutual company, Upon the things we used to see. I felt the Gods foreclosing on the times That we once had, On the good and on the bad, On the laughter and the sad. I felt the slaughter thudding in my heart And as it died, It slowly drowned to death inside, Within a well of tears cried. I felt the painful ending in the prison Of my head, In the words that we both said, In the echoes of the dead. I felt the darkest feelings rising From the depths of us, From a cruel nucleus, Rendered cold and cavernous. I felt my own despairing mirrored In your vocal chords, To the dread, unknown accords Of the things we turn towards. I felt the shadows falling on the best thing I have known, Leaving me, my flesh and bone, Desolated…and alone.