Under Your Spotlight
I fell away into the shadows of you.
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the end of the line draws near
as I spin through revels of disaster
all locked inside my tilted head.
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poetry was never leaving your side
even while I wilted on the vine,
drained of vitality and life’s song.
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your answer was the undoing
of so many threads weaved by us,
into a snagged bit of yarn in knots.
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being your everything was a goal,
the destination, the mountain’s peak,
but I let myself shatter in the process.
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loving you was a kind of danger
spoken of in only whispers fleeting,
a dance of noise left to simmer away.
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the truth is a meager thing standing
next to you, the king of deceit, but
playing my part was just a game.
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the leading lady under lights
was never my place to claim,
yet I still burned under your gaze.
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hero, villain, kindly take your pick:
you could be either when you wanted,
all with a smile to fool them all in spades.
About the Creator
Jillian Spiridon
just another writer with too many cats
twitter: @jillianspiridon
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