Shame

Shame, you thrive
In the shadows
Pulse in the silence
Of our dark 
And troubled minds
Quietly strangling
Our calm 

Joy never had time
To set roots before
You spread your 
Cancerous tentacles
Squeezing and suffocating
Everything that is Good

Gripping and clenching
Day by day, 
You dig us
Into a premature grave

Hiding our bodies
Our hearts and our souls
Taking us from the world
Whose hearts and understanding
Would send you drifting away
Into nothing but a distant memory
An imperceptible flicker
In the cosmos from whence
We came.