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SHADOW CHILDREN

by Charles Carreon

There in the shifting light

Lean the shadow children.

Seeking shelter from the cold--

Bleak survivors growing old,

They don't know what childhood is

They don't know what loving was,

 

They'll fade before the break of day,

Shadow children go away.

   Go away.

 

I'd like to think that they

Are only figments of my mind,

But childish fingers clutch at me

And hang on tight to what they find.

 

Tracing fire in my soul,

Sobbing sorrow they grow old--

Shadow children full of weakness

Shadow children raised on bleakness

Shadow children come away

Come away to stay.

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