Like a Shadow
Like a Shadow
I am none but a shadow
Of yesterday’s sorrows.
I am a shadow,
penetrating deeply
beneath the ground,
unrecognizable.
A shadow in the skies,
I have become unreachable-
After the stars had disappeared,
I became a shadow in the darkness.
I could not perceive the sunlight…
Like a shadow
I followed my leader, in every way,
Until I began to find myself.
Like a shadow,
I follow my dreams
Until I reach the skyline.
I am a shadow beneath the risen sun.
I become a darker shadow,
More visible to intruders.
I am a shadow
Dissolving when the rain falls in torrents.
After the rain subsides
I return to my power.
Like a shadow I slip beneath the door
Unobtrusively.
With utmost gratitude-
I have become Invisible
to the world outside…
Claudia Krizay
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Submitted by claudiakrizay on October 21, 2021
Modified on April 25, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A ax Abxc xc xxx Axx Axxx ax Axxx xb xcx |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 731 |
Words | 136 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 4, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 4, 2, 3 |
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