Those impatient shadows
grey persuaders
those impatient shadows
walking in step with me
two timing dance partners
sneaky fellows
grey persuaders
those impatient shadows
at my back
pushing me into dark pools
of my own matter
grey persuaders
those impatient shadows
attack my good sense
make me fall out
of doubt on to my own arrows
grey persuaders
those impatient shadows
take a little glance
turn it into an obsessed trance
believe my own chatter
grey persuaders
those impatient shadows
clamp on their cuffs
knock me down
lock me up rough
grey persuaders
those impatient shadows
my personal guides
take me to dangerous places
lead me into riptides
no safe bets
no way home
with those grey persuaders
those impatient shadows
stuck at my side
gorgeous! thanks.
ReplyDeleteJ - makes me think of Dementors from Harry Potter books. I like the clarity of the personification in this songpoem, how the temptations are characterized as "impatient." A very succinct way to point at the motivation behind those shadows.
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