The Shadows Behind Your Eyes

I saw you once,
Hiding behind the shadows
In your eyes,
And asked you,
What it was you knew,
That filled with you with
Such sadness that turned
Your eyes so midnight blue…

You smiled,
As lovers often do,
And turned away,
Not wanting to answer that day,
And I wondered if you knew
I heard what you could not say…

That darkness is my friend,
And I know it well,
For here I live,
In my private hell,
Where the shadows
Of things to come
Are more real,
Than you touch,
That I pretend to feel…

And I wonder now,
Why I didn’t listen to you,
What was it that made me run away?
Seek protection from one
Who could only play,
But never be as real as you,
And I wonder too,
Why I could not stay…

Perhaps I feared those shadows,
Behind your eyes,
Would lift one day,
And see me true ,
And know that I
Have always loved you…