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| Deep in the night I toss and turn, his eyes shine brightly in my mind, everywhere I go. His essence is my shadow's best friend, he is everywhere I am, always one step behind. I feel safe, knowing this, yet deep in my mind I know he is as dark and dangerous as poisin. Fear should chase me from him, but I feel none of this. Firstly I ran, my heart unwilling to withstand the pain one more time. But I lost: nothing changed: only time. Now, so many months later we find each other once more, and we are standing in the same place. His hair may be longer, but so is mine. And his eyes may shoot around with reckless abandon, but he is basically the same. However, I have changed inside. He does not know this, he will never know this. There is less pain in his eyes, whereas mine hold more. He doesn’t know his power: his magnetism. Totally unaware, like Cupid misfiring his bow, he strings all the young women along. But not me! I know where I stand, I know what to expect. I take each step with a strange, yet not unfamiliar security: I am free of the web he weaves. But knowing this does not keep me safe. Instead I push to the limit, playing games that neither can win. Each time we lose, defences fall, our minds merge, until our shadows become friends and our souls dance on the ever changing tides. The secret to us is in the knowing, yet never being sure. We follow each other down the yellow brick road to Oz: yet we do not walk together. Occasionally we stop, and our journeys collide, but then we part once more, each to their own. We wait, knowing it would take but a word from either, and we would run away, falling deeper in love every day until there were no bridges to cross, no mountains to climb. But still we pursue this crazy idea of freedom. We walk, never truly together: yet never fully apart: like railway lines that run forever parallel, until in the onlooker’s eyes they seem to converge and run as one. Only we know the truth. All poetry and writing is property of D. Leonard. No rights or permissions are granted for display of these works on other websites, webchats or in other forms. Please contact me for details on using my works. Please, read the legal information first. |
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