The Ghost and the Shade

One summer night within the Reach
'Twas then their fate began
Some claim she was a woman once
Some say he was a man

Drawn tightly by ethereal strings
To each one they were bound
'Twas long ago their living forms
Were buried in the ground

Such sweetness in her deadened gaze
His shadowed form stood tall
She was the Ghost of love denied
He the Shade and though he tried
She would not remain at his side
She would not speak at all

Her silence echoed through his mind
She never spoke a word
A voice that once sang like the breeze
Forever now unheard

He asked her name at every night
The shadows were his home
She'd never say but come what may
He'd never be alone

Such sweetness in her deadened gaze
His shadowed form stood tall
She was the Ghost of love denied
He the Shade and though he tried
She would not remain at his side
She would not speak at all

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