Literature
03/11
i am just a shadow
sometimes ahead -- others behind
maybe just a shiver of darkness
or i could take up the entire room
with my vastness
i’m always there, but never noticed
and disappear completely when
light turns to dark
at times, i lay groundwork,
but immediately get stepped on
as the limelight is taken up
by the overwhelming presence
of more
more than me -- more than a shadow
more than a flat, dark void that is
with you wherever you go
i’m there, but it doesn’t matter
you’re the bright, bright light
and i’m
just a shadow