Shadowed

A fiery ambience beckons from afar

Whispering my name in dreams

I try to embrace it as the moon would a star

But this vision can't be what it seems

I lost this emotion somewhere long ago

I say as I tell myself lies

Then I look up and, without warning, I know

Never lost it but left in her eyes

So forth from the shadows I step to the light

Shielding my eyes from the glow

There's a fear grown inside me which seems so right

A kiss would say all I need know

But back to the shadows I run for awhile

Until deeper these feelings can stir

Then, when my heart fights off it's denial

Wrapped in my arms will be her

Chris Townsend

Oct 2000