This is where you left me...

this is where you left me,
left me with hope and passion,
feeling like nothing could ever harm me again,
this is where i left my darknesses,
all the shadows and darkest depths that alone i could not conquer,
what irony that when all is taken,
all colour drained,
all value sold and squandered,
what i find here in this place,
the exact place of your leaving,
are the darkest depths,
and the shadows,
everything i thought i had left behind,
and everything i never could live without,
this is where you left me,
and where i now leave you,
you can keep your hopes,
your beliefs,
the foolish dreams and insufferable causes,
all i know is shadow,
there seems no point in stepping outside of the known,
no reward for risking what i am unsure of,
only comfort to be found in the poisonous dreams of my youth,
and only solace to be found in the useless lies of my childhood,
this is where you left me,
last seen hoping and praying and worshipping,
now seen no more,
gone so fast that even my shadow turns an eye and says,
where...?
i am here,
right where you left me,
silent now,
tearful,
and alone with all the overwhelming self i could ever have had,
this is where you left me...