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A Pauper's Shrine

from The Citizen (2011) by Damien Youth

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She always saw me as someone else
She never knew me
the way the shadows knew me
Fortunately she was free
from the snares of my path
She always lived in a silent shell
Her soul awaiting
the promise of tomorrow
Lost in the hollow, she swallows
the spider called dream

I'm going to take her
through the forest
then on one holy night
leave her alone
with a box full of songs and old toys
I'm going to leave this for to follow
Call it the sacred key
Unshackling time
there are ghost in the pauper's shrine
And I don't want to shake you up but
I don't think you ever knew my name

I used to live in a pauper's cage
the skeleton, a book of unread pages
borrowing lines from the minds
of the passers by
I know I'll never assimilate
I used to want to blend
deep into the pattern
to feel the vibrations of ghost
in harmonious flow

They've come to orphan all my children
They've come to block the light
I'm sorry I left you alone
oh my fatherless child
I brought you deep into the city
then in one neon night
left you alone on the streets
with a ghost and a child
And I don't mean to bring you pain but
I don't think you ever knew my name

I always kept it inside myself
you never knew me
the way the shadows knew me
Fortunately you are free
from the ghosts of my past

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from The Citizen (2011), released January 13, 2011

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