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free verse

A chapter in the book Patterns

Shadows

by estory

In the shadows,
There is always someone watching us,
There is always a shadow following us

The shadows creeping slowly over the walls
Covered with the shadows of people waiting
In the shadows of the skyscrapers
Overshadowing the commuters

The shadows cast by the figures of statues
Standing still in the shadows of the past
Shadowing us,
The shades of things to come

The footsteps of the shadows following us
Down the streets, under the shadows of the elevated trains,
Underneath the shadows of the airplanes

Dark shadows, night shades,
Blinds, shadow boxes, sillouettes,
Eye shadow, lampshades, solar eclipses

The lengthening shadows
in the darkness of the temples,
The shadows of the gods



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This is another poem, a bit minimalist in the interpretation of free verse, that uses forms of the word 'shadow', and various images associated with it, to create the color and music of language. It's a moody poem, a dark poem of those moments when we feel dogged by unresolved issues, past events. We have all felt those shadows following us, at one time or another. estory
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