In Your Shadow�

kept love

You claimed me as your own,
Like a dog holding onto his bone.
From the beginning that was your plan,
To let no one see the beauty that I am.
I wish to burn your very touch from my mind,
Let it take me back to another place and time.
Remove it away or peal it off,
Melt it back with a burning torch.
And with that take these hopeless feelings,
For they have no ground to hold strong meanings.
You were the owner and I was the caged dove,
Till this day, I still don’t know your love.
My love for you could have moved tall mountains,
Yet I was left to cry tears into a fountain.
You put me through so many different emotions,
When all I gave you was my undying devotion.
The truth is, what you saw in me,
Is something you can never be.
So take your love, untouched and clean,
Leaving those issues that remain unseen.