Miserable defeat
My unsound retreat
From all that I love
And all that once loved me
The Queen of all lies
In my worthless disguise of merriment
That wanders and follows then dies
A life beyond riches
Adorned by days of love
Pure and true
It’s just your shadow
That’s what I have
It’s all I have left of you
Once your quiet amazement
You willing intent
A life of dignity lay before your eyes
And I
Banished from time to time
To this life of mine
An uncommon adventure
Clothed in a pitiful rhyme
-J Barajas
A Dead Language 