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Shadow of my former self
Contributed by
Shade
on
Wednesday, 17th August 2005 @ 10:54:14 PM in AEST
Topic:
abstract
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I saw a falling shadow
It clung to walls
It was bone black; stoned soul like martyrs
Colored the wall but left no markers
It was startled
Shapeshifting
It tried to hide it's own aura
I saw through it; playing puppets and charades
It threw it's true nature when it juggled
It wasn't my shadow; but no other object fit
It danced against my senses in a composed waltz of water
Loosing it's composure
I wasn't trying to make it nervous; but it seemed offended
With clear glass stare it colored me intimidated
I stared back like sky
It understood how i stood in my rainy day parade
I extended my shape
We played patty cake to invisble beats
We weren't kin or cut from the same cloth
No, I was woven wool, straight from black sheep sheered
It was rayon and wore itself with comfort
It's demensions were opaque
I knew my translucent signal would soothe; but I hid it for fear of overexposure
We conversed solemn; dancing around the clock ticks
Nonverbal
Shadows only speak body language
But then, the inevitible rose to paint zebras on my wall
The shadow shrunk
Throwing itself in a corner where the sun can't breathe
I saw it's crawling panic
Like a spider spinning a web to hang itself from
It was ripped from the wall
It couldn't breathe floor
I still remember it's outstretched sleeve of sabbath
As if I could rival a star
Not that I could do nothing
But there was nothing to do
And it gasped it's last ember
I buried it under the creeks of the floor boards and door swings
Built it a headstone of pillow cases and cereal boxes
I thought it dead
But when I dead those thoughts
It writes me notes on my mirror
It tells me I buried it alive
I hear it's screams at night
Muffled by nightbirds and new moons
It haunts me like ghost or memory
Luckily, I have the memory of ghosts
So I sleep surprised
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Shade
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Re: Shadow of my former self
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by hoist1atca on
Wednesday, 17th August 2005 @ 11:37:06 PM AEST
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Good write-
I often find myself writting of things that I once
"was"-
Now I try to write about only what "I have become"-
I often see in my shadow the worst of myself-
Joe |
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Re: Shadow of my former self
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by Darkhorse71 on
Thursday, 18th August 2005 @ 12:00:24 AM AEST
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Shade - this is an awesome poem, there is so much expression in your writing. Keep it up. Definitely worth a 5.
Peace, john |
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Re: Shadow of my former self
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by Fionndruinne on
Thursday, 18th August 2005 @ 12:29:42 AM AEST
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Impressive, indeed! The use of imagery and narrative combined is here a symbiosis. Excellent, vivid work.
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Re: Shadow of my former self
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by glassicallyunsuperficial on
Thursday, 18th August 2005 @ 03:41:50 AM AEST
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Excellent write.
Can totally relate to the part of losing myself...
*looks forward to more of your poetry
cheers,
glass |
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Re: Shadow of my former self
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by WAE on
Saturday, 20th August 2005 @ 03:26:52 PM AEST
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| Wow! What imagination! |
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