STAY AWAY

STAY AWAY

Look into my eyes. feel me there.
You carry me with you as you breathe.
With each breath you touch me, my heart.
What is it that bind me to you?
I do not want it, I do not want you.
Destiny draws us helpless toward each other.
It has bound us together.
Why?
It cannot be...Never.
And yet, as a moth toward a flame...
I come to you--
In your thoughts, your dreams--

You can feel it. I can feel you there.
Leave me alone! I am Shadow,
there is no light to release me.
I am Ice. No feeling.
Don't make me feel you!
I want to live (have to live)
in a palace of ice.
Cold...alone forever.
God! Alone forever!
Don't leave me!
Touch me, hold me,
Break the thin barrier
that will breach the gap between us.
But you cannot.
(I cannot)
It is better this way.
So stay away...Far away.
And I will sleep forever
Upon the icy floor.

Shobhna Ravi

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