This Shadow My Likeness - Words Of Farewell

In the beginning there was a simple deed to be done

To expand this narrow idea of a world

My past self now nothing but a memory

Looking ahead I see a face gleaming in content

During a brief moment, suspended in white light

In my mortal fear I created this shadow my likeness

Fueling me, haunting me, propelling me forward

And so I shaped a goal to achieve in a single stroke of a brush

Painting a complete picture of my future

This specter now and then following me, trailing me behind

I’m chasing a mirage glimmering in the distance

Thinking about all the intersections crossed

All those that are yet to come

I detrude myself yet another time

Only to take the next step

Did I take a wrong turn?

Do I fall short in the end?

Did I take a wrong turn?

Do I fall short in the end?

During a brief moment, suspended in white light

In my mortal fear I created this shadow my likeness

Fueling me, haunting me, propelling me forward

Driving me to desperate measures

My likeness won’t let me rest

The shadow again is closing in on me

The momentum shifts in favor of greater meaning

Something genuine forms into the purpose I need to live

During a brief moment, suspended in white light

In my mortal fear I created this shadow my likeness

Fueling me, haunting me, propelling me forward

In the beginning there was a simple deed to be done

To expand this narrow idea of a world

During a brief moment, suspended in white light

In my mortal fear I created this shadow my likeness

Fueling me, haunting me, propelling me forward

Something genuine forms into the purpose I need to live