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The Shadowed Woods
No, you couldn't even face me
Barely brave enough to chase me
Away
Through the shadowed woods
You knew I couldn't see too well
So you led me to my own hell
Astray
Through the shadowed woods
And underground
My skin still bears your hues
Burn me again--you've nothing to lose
I'm the mirage that reflects your misery
Speak my name again and you'll be history
Like scabs I collect your stories
Digging past your bones, I'm exploring
Unafraid
Through my open wounds
I was the girl you sought to terrorize
Now I'm the specter you can't exorcise
Decayed
Through these open wounds
To my earthly core
It's best that you don't face me
You'd rather not see what you were chasing
Yesterday
Through the shadowed woods
I dance with a talisman of insecticide
Freed at last from your vampiric parasite
Today
Within the shadowed woods
Merrily I play
© Jaz Rogers
Barely brave enough to chase me
Away
Through the shadowed woods
You knew I couldn't see too well
So you led me to my own hell
Astray
Through the shadowed woods
And underground
My skin still bears your hues
Burn me again--you've nothing to lose
I'm the mirage that reflects your misery
Speak my name again and you'll be history
Like scabs I collect your stories
Digging past your bones, I'm exploring
Unafraid
Through my open wounds
I was the girl you sought to terrorize
Now I'm the specter you can't exorcise
Decayed
Through these open wounds
To my earthly core
It's best that you don't face me
You'd rather not see what you were chasing
Yesterday
Through the shadowed woods
I dance with a talisman of insecticide
Freed at last from your vampiric parasite
Today
Within the shadowed woods
Merrily I play
© Jaz Rogers
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