I am the shadow, fading into silence
I am the words you shoved in a box
I am blood, sex & violence
behind the symbol of peace
I am light enraptured unto the void
from a thousand years of cosmic darkness
chasing the souls of stars
I am the mirror you wish to avoid
with the tears that coiled down the drain
& the years wasted on nothing--
but what you thought was yourself...
You shift up, you shift down
Once were you there,
Now hither you are
Slow moving over time,
Moving fast in instances
The dread falls upon
Everyone you knew
Then your still,
And everything you threw
Is but real
But the delight,
Brings you back to light
And then again,
You shift up, you shift down