Daddy's shadow

yesterday i was happy -- 

not haunted like today 

thanks to the mess-making experts

and their text-book nazi ways 

my world is now fragmented & shattered

absent of every one & thing that really mattered 

the distant sound of sweet harmonies

echoes from the hollow

and i long for their comforting company

praying for miracles but bracing for sorrow

wondering worriedly what the future may hold

i fall fitfully into my slumber

for one dreamy moment we're together again

i hope i remember tomorrow

reaching out joyfully for my first & true love

and grasping emptily at my daddy's shadow