Time has passed but shadows still linger.

Time has passed but shadows still linger.

Standing on the shore watching a lake

A lake where nothing seems really fake

Leaning on a tree bounded to break

For leaning for years not really awake

I feel a heavy presence surrounding me

Of people coming and going so silently

Trying one at a time to get part of the

Sip of life that would bring them eternity

I hear voices, I hear them say

I hear them cry or shout, laugh or pray

Some seem to wait, some found a way

Disturbing a sleeping me day by day

I open my eyes and take a glance

I see sadness but I also see romance

Tempted inside, I long to seize a chance

And follow the lead of my leader for a dance

Then dark memories fly back to my mind

Florid with explanations I can’t seem to find

Yet strong memories that close my eyes blind

And shut away the rest of my senses combined

Time has passed but shadows still linger

While I seem to have it wrapped around my finger

I feel my white angel at my ear like a ringer

For me to open up and put away my stinger…

Still standing on the shore watching the same lake

Still leaning on the same tree still bounded to break

Watching life passing by full of bites to take

Wonder if I’ll wake before my tree comes to break.

 

Monument to Ui-Am (Righteous Rock), Jinju, South Korea.