A Life in Shadows

Good morning my friends. Sadje, gave us this wonderful image of people walking with long shadows by Tom Barrett @ Unsplash for her What Do You See prompt today.
I also used the following prompt
Ragtag Daily Prompt – Nocturnal

This one reminds me of darker times, of the way society forces us to hide who we are and what we are suffering through the fear of ridicule.

A Life in Shadows

You see me walking down the street
Just a regular normal affair
See the truth in the shadow at my feet
It hides darkness from pain and despair

My outside is a polished façade
A cover to hide woes
As I trudge through a life so hard
You can see it in the shadow at my toes

Remember a person may look alright
And yet broken inside
They may not survive another night
With the darkness they hide

We each live a shadowy nocturnal life
The real us can never be revealed
Called weak for needing help with strife
And so we live an existence concealed

And so the shadow is the real me
An anguished prison beneath my skin
All the regret and anger must go fere
Only then can my happy life begin

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