Faceless Shadow

A nameless shadow haunts my past

A person that scared my soul is now forgotten

Emptiness now fills those empty fingerprints

And it is only now that I understand the truth

I never loved a person correctly

I never really loved myself

Betrayal was bretrothed to my innocence

Hatred wore the ring

It is now as I begin to grow

That the hidden truth of my identity shines

The curtain of illusions slides away

And nakedness walks hand in hand with courage

Friendship is a foreign word to my heart

Love is as distant as confidence

I bare my soul to be burned at the stake

But I hide my heart in fear of rejection

Chains were the only friends to my childhood

Isolated walls were my adolescent companions

Shame carried my name on a plaque

Guilt lay unwelcome upon my body

Faceless shadows are all that�s left

Of a past better left unsaid

Wall of protection come from experience

From a world hell bent on tearing me down

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