Shadow Lover

Dark, alone, seeking
Silent, seductive, whispers
Touching, feeling, reeling
Hands, fingers, tongues, lips

A stranger in a shadowed world
Of quiet desperation
Searching for a moment out of self
Escape and evasion

Darkness covers bold advances
Hides shadows in the soul
Fears, deep inside
Fuels reckless drives
To buy, sell, be sold

What are you running from
Why do you need to hide
What is this pain and loss and need
That builds in darkest nights

Who are you when you stop the games
Are you who you want to be
Feeling like the dream is real
Are you where you're meant to be

Touching, tasting, holding, held
Feeling all there is to feel
And much more as well
There it is, the place so deep
The feeling grows too real to keep

Whispers, sighs, screams for more
Reach the stars
Fall to the shore
The dream it fades
The light breaks through
The day begins
Who are you?