was it a mistake

or just a dirty consequence

I had coming

I sew my secrets into the balls

of my feet

so I can pretend

I'm constantly walking away from them

they say

everything fades with time

but I smell you 

in my own shadow

lurking

reminding me of all the things

I can never be

as the years take my smiles

I wonder

if dead hopes

were bred in me

or if they sensed the hollowness 

in my chest

and found a friend

Reviews

[shallimarRose]

Very deep piece.. everything fades with time
"but I smell you
in my own shadow
lurking
reminding me of all the things
I can never be
as the years take my smiles"

Just guessing here but I feel it is self you are speaking with in this poem.'
"I sew my secrets into the balls
of my feet
so I can pretend
I'm constantly walking away from them" Very well executed poem.. Thank you for sharing..
shallimarRose

[thespaceinmybed]

thank you, I am speaking about myself in this.

[shallimarRose]

Yes I felt that you were.. Wonderfully portrayed.. shallimar