Shadow of a Girl

By ShadowFlight

Chairs surround tables
that line walls
crowded with cups and cigarette smoke
chatter and flashes of color
artificially sheltered from grey mist
falling rain
love sits opposite, hate together
wild fresh washed hair
falls over a shoulder
and the only marring of perfect makeup
is one tear streak
only substance
on the shadow of a girl





© 2004 Wild Rabbits/Railway View Music and Publishing (Michael E. Warshaw)ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Reprints by permission only: This work may not be reproduced in any form without the express permission of it's Author,
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Copyright 2004 Michael E. Warshaw (ShadowFlight)
Published on Monday, May 17, 2004.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: This was really good

  • A former member wrote: that was pretty interesting :D

  • Midnight Shadow On Monday, May 17, 2004, Midnight Shadow (67)By person wrote:

    Tears are sometimes the only thing about someone that isn't fake. Loved it, I stopped being a shadow of myself years ago. Now I'm only genuinely me. ~MS~

  • A former member wrote: wow stark yet descriptive

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