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Shadow Poems
Written for Poetry Month
My shadow faithfully follows me wherever I go, whatever I do, whoever I am. My shadow is within me asleep to wake up whenever I do and follow me wherever I go.
My faithful shadow.
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You follow me always,
Wherever I go,
Anything I do,
Wherever I roam,
I know I can count on you,
Any time of the day,
You are my true friend,
With me forever always.
Not a minute do I know,
Of you leaving me,
For a second or so,
Whatever I do,
Does not matter to you,
However I am,
You always seem to understand,
You disappear within me,
Whenever I sleep,
And wake up in the morning,
To follow me and my dreams,
You are,
My Only Shadow
Fickle Shadows - Haiku
There is another side to the shadow that I have also thought about and portrayed in the following haiku.
The shadow is never there all the time but disappears with the light of the sun. Appearing and disappearing again and again, the shadow is fickle.
These haiku highlight the fickle shadow -
Dark deep nothingness
Empty black fickle changing
Shadow disappears
Ever changing form
Never stable distorting
Shadows far from true
Cowardly shadow
Fast fading disappearing
Scared of shining light
Comments
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Gypsy Rose Lee thank you for stopping by and for your appreciation. Thanks for the vote up too, you made my day!!
Voted up and awesome. Really enjoyed this.
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Nell Rose thank you, for reading and leaving a comment, much appreciated. Shadows are indeed strange.
Love all your take on shadows! They are such strange things, especially when you stand in front of the sun, my legs always look about 20 foot tall! lol!
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MrsBrownsParlour thank you for reading and for your generous appreciation. You made my day!!
Interesting, enjoyable, lovely poetry! You really explored the nature of shadows and made them come to life. :-) Lurana
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CrisSp thank you, for reading and for the vote and share.
dreamseeker2 thank you for stopping by, you made my day!! Thanks for the vote and the share.
QudsiaP1 thank you, yes you are so right.
rose-the planner thank you for stopping by and for the vote and share.
What a beautiful poem! Thank you for sharing. (Voted Up) -Rose
I absolutely loved the paradox that you poem and haiku brought about shadows... A shadow follows you everywhere except when you are engulfed by darkness.
I love shadows! So, your hub drew me in. : ) Voted it up, of course!!
The ultimate "us" reflected in this piece. Great job! Absolutely enjoyed it plus the bonus haikus and great images. Beautiful!
Up and sharing.
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Vinaya thank you for stopping by and the share. Love, peace and serenity go hand in hand.
tillsontitan thank you for your appreciation, yes we have ourselves all the time without doubt. Thanks for the vote too.
What a lovely poem...not just our shadow, but ourselves, the only one we know is always there!
Voted up and awesome.
Love and longing is profound in this poem. This gave me a sense of serenity.
I'm sharing this socially.
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CloudExplorer thank you for your appreciation. You made my day!!
I like this poem it is very positive and shows that you have much love in your heart poring out here onto the page. Nice job!
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Victoria Lynn thank you for your appreciation and votes. It is true, we can never escape ourselves.
So true. We can never escape ourselves, which can be good or bad....:-)Lovely poem, nevertheless! Many votes!
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Movie Master thank you for your appreciation and your vote. Valued very much.
A lovely poem Vellur, thank you for sharing and voted up.
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teaches 12345 commitment and faithfulness are two important qualities in love. Thank you for your valuable comments.
AudreyHowitt thank you am glad you liked my poem.
Clever and beautiful!!!
Sounds like a great commitment is made here. Love the faithfulness of a person who is true to the end. Thanks for the sweet thoughts.
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glmclendon thank you for your appreciaiton.
Angelo52 am happy you liked my poem,thank you.
rahul0324 thank you for your words of appreciaiton.
beautiful poem.. lovely personification!
Really liked this poem. Sharing + up.
Good job. Well writien. Keep up the good thoughts and the good work.
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