Shadows

Shadows
I see shadows everywhere
Shadows of the girl I used to be
Shadows of the life I used to lead
of the morals I used to value
where did it all go wrong
when did I let the world cast me into shadows

When did I begin to care
What the world thinks of me?
When did I abandon reason
To follow foolishness?
When did I leave the light
To live in the shadows
of an unjust
foolish
greedy
self serving
self righteous
joyless society?

The world pressed me
And I gave in.
Irrelevant norms
and downright wrong morals
Rule this world
And I accepted it
I let it control my life.

I let go of true love
I let go of true happiness
to chase acceptance in a world
where nothing is ever good enough
in a world
where anything short of perfection
is considered a failure.

I left the light for the shadows
I left happiness for an impossible chase after happiness.

God said: Let there be light
Christ said: I am the light
I will walk in the light
I will dance out of the shadows.