The shadow of my love

The shadow of my love

It lurks underneath,

Your existence, without me,

Without the pain, without the laughter

I roam endlessly,

Chasing a figment of my imagination,

Exploiting the love you gave

Vicarious as I can be,

I didn’t mean to kill you,

Slowly but passionately,

with a love that you refused to see

The shadow of my love

It lurks underneath,

Under the sheets that now caress your body,

Without me, without the pain,

You laugh, and I cannot help but see

Vicarious as I can be,

reliving our love under those same sheets

As a shadow,

Once there but now a fading memory

You look down, and see him but not me,

Slowly, but passionately

With all of the pain, you laugh silently,

at the shadow you can now see

a love that follows you endlessly,

in an existence without you or me.