Shadows

in the midst of everything and nothing memories of you permeate still, the rustling of the paper haunts lifting of this coffee cup taunts my every thought life without you leaves me stranded I listen. sounds of madness race outside my bedroom window drunken screams and slurred speech anger unleashed as slaps abound blue lights splatter as tires slide shadows hide and I thought I was the only one in pain how absurd. how can we pull back the page to a sweeter time when love was real and hope alive ...