Shadows edited

Shadows in my life

I walk in the valley of shadow and doubt

I know not what life is all about

Though lips I have learnt to purse and pout

And sing to the tune of Schubert’s Trout

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For I embark on life’s last ferry

And all around, within, seems dreary

Conjuring up moments so merry

I realize my heart’s too weary

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Through fading faces I walk alone

Through shadows and pleasures that once shone

Unto my eyes, brought my lips a moan

It’s all gone now, is my heart of stone?

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I walk, walk, on an endless journey

Through ashen faces once so creamy

To future for which I hold no key

With haggard eyes taken for dreamy

[Haggard steps mistaken for dreamy]