But A Shadow On The Grave
1.18.2019
A shadow on the grave
A human silhouette
Of a man
Who stands between
The grave
And a winter sunset
A human silhouette
Of a man
Who stands in lean
Before the grave
Cane in snow
Firmly set
As seen in his silhouette
And though his silhouette can’t cry
No tears can form in shadow’s eye
But like the man
It cannot save
The loss entombed
In winter grave
So like the man
Now stands above
The one
The only
Man’s true love
Though only shadow
And shadow cane
It leans above now
Just the same
And if the shadow
A shadow’s eye
Then too
The shadow
It would cry
The loss of love
It could not save
The loss entombed
In winter grave
As only a shadow on the grave
The shadow reflects the man
But fear
Although it does what shadows can
The shadow cannot shed a tear
Tis but a shadow on the grave
But a shadow on the grave
