I cast a shadow.

A featureless wraith that holds my shape,

An empty image that fades into night,

A hollow silhouette that I can't escape,

Played out on the ground when it's felt out by the light.

 

But it has been with me ever since I can recall,

A reminder that darkness hides within the edge of light,

And without the "me" you see, it could not exist at all,

This lonely refugee, of me, from the night.

 

So I embrace my shadow, as it dances at my feet,

And smile as it follows all my journeys in the light,

For I know that without it I wouldn't be complete,

And everywhere I go I take a little slice of night.