Shadow boy

In the night a boy stands between shadows that no one can see

From miles one can smell his fear

He lives in a city of blinding lights haunted by obscurity

The people express happiness they don’t feel and hold weights they can’t bear

The boy didn’t share the opinions and the images his people did see

Sure, he’d share some amusement but at the end of it he’ll quickly disappear

Little one, why the odd behavior? What are you trying to be?

Why the sad face? Why instead of the smile you choose the tear?

Well I like to be myself and myself believes differently

And the shadows I’m in let me live comfortably

I don’t hide in shadows but shadows hide me

It lets my inquisitive mind sleep soundly

I like these shadows to be surrounding me

I pray these shadows will always be near

Cause if my sins were a fire it’d vaporize the seas

And my vision of the light is not yet clear

An old man passed by and whispered into the boy’s ear

I once lived in these shadows boy, they’ll only make you older than me..believe me

I was young too in a time

My body aged sooner than the others

My physical and spiritual didn’t rightly rhythm

So I got white hair before I reached adulthood’s borders

I travelled centuries of knowledge and wisdom with my mind

 I felt eternity once in my spirit when I subdued body desires

Boy, some lights might blind your eyes but shadows darken your soul

It doesn’t cover you, it absorbs your blood

Drop by drop, it makes you feel sleepy while you’re being drained

It may sound good now but when you age it’s no fun at all

But, who am I to judge the ways of the Creator

Master of lights and shadows

Who am I but a wanderer in this life that I can’t all fathom?

Who am I but a tiny dot between billions of galaxies and clusters?

My advice for you is to look for something worth living for

                      And be like a bee son, take your drink from flowers and leave out the thorns