Times of Life; in Silence

Shadow

I see myself as a shadow
I am scared of light rather than dark
I'm scared to find the place of light that makes me happy
I just don't want it to disappear.. not again

You have to have light for there to be a shadow
Or you'd be nothing
The light that makes you become visible
Might also be the light that makes you want to disappear
The smiles on the faces of people passing
The smiles caused by light
The same light that cast the shadow behind them
The darkness that haunts them
The tiredness they experience each and every day from the fake smile they put on, so they can be hidden in the shadows of someone that looks perfect.
I don't want to be put in the light
I want people to see the good parts of me
The happy, kind, vibrant, me.
Not the me that wants to be stripped from the world
Not the me that has scars
Not the me that winces when people move while close to me.
Not the true me
Because no one wants to see the true me
So I'll stay casted in the shadows
Where it seems it's the only place I
belong..

But it'll all be said in silence