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Shadow

I AM THE SHADOW OF YOUR LOVERS SMILE,	
THE LONELY I ACHE THAT LASTS A WHILE...
THE WRONG THAT ONCE WAS RIGHT
THE PAIN THAT KEEPS YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT.
 
I AM THE TEAR THAT ROLLS DOWN YOUR CHEEK,
WHEN YOU DREAM OF WHAT ONCE WAS AND NOW IS GONE...
HER EYES, HER SMILE, THE LAUGH THAT MADE YOU FEEL SO 
GOOD EVEN WHEN ALL WAS WRONG. 

I AM THE SLEEP THAT EVADES YOU AS YOU TOSS AND TURN 
AND TRY TO REST,
I AM THE SHAME, THE ANGER THAT MAKES YOU BURN...
THE ACHE YOU FEEL WHEN THINGS GO WRONG AS YOU TRY TO DO YOUR BEST.

I AM THAT WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUT NEVER WAS,
A MEMORY OF YOUR DREAMS AND YOUR HOPES.... THAT WENT UP LIKE A WISP OF SMOKE.
I AM THE LOVE THAT YOU WANT TO HOLD...
THAT ONCE WAS WARM BUT NOW IS COLD.

I AM THE FAILURE, THE DEFEAT THAT WAKES YOU IN THE MORNING AND PUTS YOU TO BED AT NIGHT
I AM THE ACHE THAT MAKES YOUR HEART SORE 
I AM ALL THAT AND MUCH, MUCH MORE.... 
I AM HERE TODAY AND I’LL BE HERE TOMORROW 
AND I WILL BE HERE LONGER THAN A WHILE...
FOR I AM THE SHADOW OF YOUR LOVERS SMILE.
                                                                                         
         Raygee   01-22-05

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