M's Poetry
Your Shadow
I am always compared to you
I say I don't mind
but honestly I wish they would understand I have my own artistry
my own visions but they can't see past yours
I love you dearly but must your shadow stay?
I can't go out without having to answer the same old tired question
and my life doesn't ever seem my own
I don't know if I will ever get past
your shadow that you left....
it's enough already to deal with your ghost
as much as you blessed me you left with a eternal curse
because no matter what I do I am not good enough
your blood runs through me so why do I feel so weak?
your genes have been passed so all they see is you
where is me? underneath it all
wanting to come out but so afraid to fall
your shadow just standing in the wings
ready to swallow my identity.....
2004@ Copyright by Megan Bishop
I say I don't mind
but honestly I wish they would understand I have my own artistry
my own visions but they can't see past yours
I love you dearly but must your shadow stay?
I can't go out without having to answer the same old tired question
and my life doesn't ever seem my own
I don't know if I will ever get past
your shadow that you left....
it's enough already to deal with your ghost
as much as you blessed me you left with a eternal curse
because no matter what I do I am not good enough
your blood runs through me so why do I feel so weak?
your genes have been passed so all they see is you
where is me? underneath it all
wanting to come out but so afraid to fall
your shadow just standing in the wings
ready to swallow my identity.....
2004@ Copyright by Megan Bishop
