SHADOWED

I've locked up myself in the shadows

Because I'm anxious about tomorrow. 

I'm scared that things will never go right,

And that my dreams will never see light. 

I've locked up my feelings in the shadows, 

And spread my emotions out to lie fallow. 

Now I'm an empty mess of undefined tears, 

Fake smiles, shallow laughters and many fears. 

I've locked up my memories in the shadows,

And now I must live with the faded glimpses and wallow 

In the failed promises of yesterday,

And the great uncertainties that come today. 

I've locked up my existence in the shadows,

And my purpose has been hung at the gallows. 

My anxiety has a chokehold on my sanity, 

But I forget that my fears are all but vanity. 

©Khrystalz