Shadow

SHADOW

(Author unknown)

I am the darkness that will always remain

Who follows your footsteps and whispers your name

I linger behind you, a reminder, a refrain

Who sings you sweet nothings and plays all your games

I move with your gestures and mirror your soul

I am your grey side, the blackness, the coal

I live without substance and burn without fire

I am your truth, your mimic, your liar

I chase without running, I follow your lead

I'm always behind you

I'm the dark side you bleed

I'm not going to leave you, you're mine till you die

I'm your nothing, your everything, a flicker, a sigh

So run if you will but I'll always be near

Your echo, your darkness

The shadow, your fear



My best friend Veronica is terrified of people chasing her.... If you want to scare her just start running after her.... It's not a joke to her; her fear is real.  What happened in her life that made that her terrified?  She doesn't know, maybe it was a dream when she was a child, or maybe she saw a scary movie before she was ready.  Myself I can't dive off heights into water.  I know where my fear comes from.  When I was a kid I overheard my mom and grandma talking about someone diving off the high dive in Thompson and splitting their stomach open... losing their guts in the pool....Disturbing and you would think that knowing where the fear came from would help ease my terror but it doesn't and height above the side of the pool I freeze... I'm not afraid heights in general.... I once climbed a water tower in a drunken stupor but put a pool of water under me and I can't move.  Fear does that, it paralyses.... Our fears control us in a way that nothing else can.  Those of us who force ourselves to fight our fears are stronger for it.