Sorrow

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    Sorrow

    Together we fall into bed at night
    There he remains when I rise in the morn
    Our eyes flutter open in perfect sync
    Feet touch the floor as we begin our day

    Throughout the whole day he follows me
    Ever-shedding the tears I cry inside,
    My unfading imaginary friend,
    Sorrow is my shadow, my brother, kin

    I invited him here as a comfort
    I thought he could take away all my pain
    Now the swirling darkness is here to stay
    My brilliant smile now an eternal frown

    Sorrow is my shadow, my brother, kin
    My unfading imaginary friend
    Twas I he’d been ever-longing to hold
    Not alone...I’ve never been lonelier

    Sorrow – deepest dark pain a soul can feel
    Sorrow – reddest wet blood a soul can bleed
    Sorrow – heaviest weight a soul can bear
    Sorrow – cruelest death a soul can die

    Always haunts me, sorrow is my shadow
    Mimicking me, my shadow is a mime
    Except that he whispers of what could be
    He is a lead weight I drag on a chain
    Sorrowful shadows have me bound and gagged
    Whispering sorrowful words in my ear
    My unfading imaginary friend,
    Sorrow is my shadow, my brother, kin.

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