The Shadow from My Past

It haunts me every single day,

Sometimes it’s even hard to breath.

Even still my laughter fades away,

My life does nothing but deceive.

It follows me no matter where I go,

Sometimes it doesn’t even let me sleep.

I used to put a smile on for show,

But that’s not easy when all I can do is weep.

Nobody cares to take the time to see me,

For whom I really am.

Nobody is ever going to see,

I’m just an honest man.

I’ve never really had the sunshine upon me,

I’m always clouded by the mist.

I know life has no guarantees,

I just want to feel like I exist.

People say that after the rain,

The sun is always sure to shine.

But it seems the rain,

Is the only thing I find.

I wish that there was something I could do,

So these memories won’t last.

Maybe if I could see things from a different view,

I just can’t forget the shadow from my past.