Parting Shadows

by Ninja Cat in the depths of Wonderland...trying to find a looking-glass portal out.

Parting Shadows

It is so far away,

And it’s no laughing matter

Because if someday,

I disappear

You will face it alone

Staring into the deep forest

You know that it is true

Although my hands are tied,

Their warmth lingers barely

And even though you held them

You didn’t untie the knot

The sound of the bells

Ringing so far away

To that place,

You must go alone

Even though we walk

Side by side

It feels as though we are alone

Our disassembled voices

Are quite broken

Two pairs of eyes,

Are downcast

But there is only one shadow

When it is my time, remember,

I will go alone as well

You have stumbled into,

A faint trace of love

Like sweet flowers on a cliff,

“I cannot quite reach it…”

But you truly know

Next time,

You must go there alone

Reaching out for the sound

It is yours to take,

Alone

It is so far away,

Nothing to laugh about

That I will admit,

But still, if someday

I disappear

You must go alone,

To that cliff

I have felt the solitude

I have felt as it erodes away

Your every strength

But just remember,

When it is my time,

I will go alone as well

I cannot stand by you forever

We knew it from the start

Our shadows slowly parted

They eyes still downcast

Having now disappeared

You must face the forest

On your own

It will be the end

Of that story,

Of you and me

You must go alone there…