SILHOUETTE
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There lie dormant dreams
On a bleak line of thought
Where the land meets the sky
And your breath can be caught
She stands there in silence
She stands there so still
With the stars lit above her
But she’s lost every will
She can’t fight the darkness
Yet she’s scared of the light
So she runs from the sundial
And she hides from the night
Now in dusk-clouds she cries
But her stained cheeks aren’t wet
For you can’t see her eyes
She’s a mere
Silhouette
If you try to reach out
She will just shy away
For she’s learnt in the past
That love’s an illusion
But traps like a net
So her heart weeps alone
Just a faint
Silhouette
But she never wastes time
For it’s all that remains
Still free in her life
As her soul’s locked in chains
See, each link marks a faith
That was stabbed through the heart
Then engraved in her mind
Yet you know that’s but part
For she dare not go forwards
And it hurts to look back
So she’s stuck in between
On a horizon of black
And she screams for release
To the sun as it sets
But it listens to none
Least of all
Silhouettes
And if you try to calm her
She’ll just bolt away
For she learnt through the years
That the words can betray
That love’s an illusion
But traps like a net
So her heart weeps alone
As a lost
Silhouette
In her solitary ache
She just cannot forget
The price that she owes love
With her life as the debt
And she curses the day
That she ever met
The one that she thinks of
As she stands there yet
For the mirage of love
Yes, what did she get
But a life as tear-streaked
Blank
Silhouette
And if you try to love her
She’ll just run away
For she’s scared of the future
And what you’ll betray
That you might just teach her
That love can be set
So her pain would be worthless
An eclipsed
Silhouette