Farewell,
shadows
You brought wonderful darkness
to my life,
imbued it with
strange, special
meaning
Always searching,
we can never win when we
vie with shadows
All around me
are happy faces,
all smiling;
it is my birthday,
it is Black Friday,
they are smiling all the
time
Taking my place amongst
their artificial
joy,
I realize their artifice is false
and mine is
true
it is only I who is
pretending
My only regret being
why I could never
figure out why I was so
unhappy
Always questioning,
always wondering,
always
dreaming –
Perhaps there was only this
world,
these trees,
and that is what made me so
sad
In memory of Sylvia Plath, who committed suicide on Feburary 11, 1963 at about 4:30 AM.
Monday, February 11, 2013
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