Shadows -Emilij Appel-
we
play with them
As
children
We We
chase them, hide
we
capture them.
try to
them and from them,
in
But they always remain.
Shadows arc only apparent in the light They cannot be found in the dark. But they are not
They
light
are darkness betraying their source.
As we grow, shadows take on new meanings They no longer hold our fascination They become something to fear or to dread
We
hide in the dark so as not to see them.
Yet those shadows arc everywhere,
With new dimensions come new mles
Shadows no longer only live in the light They can be found anywhere you look.
I
found a
new shadow today
A shadow
that
I
could not escape
The shadow I saw broke my It was the shadow of a man.
heart
This shadow had his face It
had
But
it
his
arms and legs and
feet
was nothing more than
Of the man
a
shadow
he used to be.
Light did not create this
shadow
Disease and illness had that honor
They had no respect for his goodness They ignored the pain wrought by their deed.
How Why
can a
must
man become it
shadow?
a
be so?
Ah, the innocence of youth
A time when Instead
To
a
I
shadows were simple.
must now say goodbye
man who
has
become
a shadow.
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