In the

shadows I stand watching over you as life seems to pass you by.

You don’t seem to be found but lost in time with so much to think about that not much seems to get done for you.

You sit most of the days looking out the window hoping someone will come to your door and rescue you, but every day the sun goes down and it turns into night and no one comes.

So you eat and then you watch some more and then you turn off all the lights and you sleep only to repeat it all the next day.

Nothing new with you and sometimes I want to get involved and make your life a little more but who am I to interrupt your life and how you like to live it.

I was meant to watch and not touch the ribbons of your life but lately they are becoming so dark that I just don’t want to see the light truly go out of you.

Because standing in the dark taught me one thing: it isn’t a place you want to be if you ‘re someone full of life and has so much more to gain.

Written By: Deirdre Stokes
Copyrighted ©️ 2021 By Deirdre Stokes