Pride follows confidence
Failure to fear of success
There’s safety in the shadows
An ego to caress
Finding your place in the world
Easier for some than others
Some engines run strong
Some cough and sputter
Is it a life I dream of
0r a dream I live in
It’s all one in the same
Waiting on life to begin
There’s always more to a story
Than just what you expected from it
Read between the lines
And the story within it
As shadows grow long
Year after year
And pieces to the puzzle
Appear and disappear
With curious interest
She sees a smile in his eyes
But loneliness in his heart
Giving clue to his disguise
For how could such a man
Smile from eyes of blue
Without the radiance of love
A heart overdue
Hiding within oneself
Like existing off grid
Living in the shadows
Of a life not lived
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