The Light's Shadow

I'm republishing this and deleting the one posted in April because the backward link to this post is broken. In case you are wondering, this was written a really long time ago, and it does not signify anything more besides the fact that it's my favourite piece.

The Light's Shadow

You are a light that shines within me,
illuminating the darkness around.

Your serenity is a beauty surround,

your presence a holy resonance.

Silently, you stole my lingering sadness,

and replaced it with a temporal happiness.

But girl, every light that shines,

casts a shadow upon whoever it shines on.

and baby, in the purity of your innocence,

don't you realize that I am his shadow,

living in the darkness of your light?

Seduced and forgotten,

I can't help but fear the uncertainties of tomorrow,

because I know that I do not belong to your world,

nor are you here to stay in mine.

As always, you leave as cruelly as you came,

and cruelly, you return what's rightfully mine and more -

This melancholy of lingering sadness,

the ever yearning for your return.

In desperation, I've come to realize this:

That destiny can break a man much more than it can bless him,

and I can't stop failing, to remember to forget you.

-Mok