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Dancing Shadows

The red silky sheets are new, and  
There’s feather pillows on the bed  
The air is turned down nice and low  
But still thoughts swarm my head  

I’ve got the drapes all pulled together  
Yet still the moonlight pours through  
It’s like the night is calling out for me  
“Come, for the only light I have is you.”  
 
I stretch out in the moonlit darkness  
And let the low beams caress my skin  
The low light casts them in porcelain hues  
And it looks like I’m up for the night again  
 
With vague shadows dancing on the wall  
They’re all taking shapes right before me  
Like the many dark shadows of my soul  
Whispering, “Don’t you dare leave us lonely.”  
 
But I know that deep down inside myself  
There’s this huge war that I have to win  
Still my demons lurk in every dark corner  
To take me to places that I’ve already been  
 
I’ve crossed that bridge and took the step  
They’re battles that I’ve long since won  
Against them all, there’s only just one of me  
“Battles you’ve had, yet the war isn’t done.”  
 
I’m screaming from the pit of my stomach  
My own shadows will surely eat me alive  
I tear the drapes down from their perch  
Maybe even this too I might still survive  
 
As the looming darkness comes to an halt  
No longer dancing figures on my four walls  
I wrap up and slowly drift into a slumber  
A soft echo of, “This is just a short pause.”
Written by LivDiane
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