SHADOWS

No longer am I scared of the darkness

The midnight blackness that you see when you look in my eyes

Are just shadows left by years of sleepless nights

And the ghosts of my past that used to haunt all of my waking moments.

But now, I don't have to linger and play hide and seek with my demons

Because you've kissed away my pain, healed my wounds, until

Nothing is left, not even indiscernible scars on what had been my wounded soul

I've shed all the tears I can cry; now, my eyes are dry.

In these pages, I've poured out all my heartaches

Written them all down in blood between these lines

Bravely, I have fought my battles, and it's true, I did lose some

But my goodness, you are my witness that I have won the war.

I am here with you, after all, alive and real, red ink is zinging in my veins

All set to write new stories, or even rewrite old ones if I get the chance

To create new memories, or reminisce about the good old times,

With you and our lives that the Heavens chose to smile upon.