Though fate has thrown distance between us, <br />In your shadow I still remain, <br />Your heart and mine now beat as one, <br />I breathe your air, I sense your pain <br /> <br />In your shadow I can feel your tears <br />Falling silently on my hand, <br />The fire that courses through your veins <br />Also sustains my heart's demand <br /> <br />In your shadow the air is sweeter, <br />Deeply I inhale love's perfume, <br />Resurrecting a hope long dead <br />That only your love could exhume <br /> <br />In your shadow my heart grows stronger, <br />Though I feared its demise was nigh, <br />It was broken, left in fragments, <br />Damaged.... but not ready to die <br /> <br />In your shadow I find my refuge <br />From the past's penetrating frost <br />That faded all my flowers of love, <br />Alas; the fragrance was not lost <br /> <br />In your shadow I know contentment, <br />Exiled dreams... just a memory, <br />At end of day I calmly wait <br />For your shadow to cover me<br /><br />Lora Colon<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-your-shadow/