Sunday, November 8, 2009
Running from a shadow
This is one of those times where I feel like escaping myself. Going on a long walk off down the road . Because there is an invisible monster I'm running from. It ate away all my other monsters, under my bed and in my closet. If I could, I would set this beast that tails me aflame, inhale his smoke and be whole again. If I could I would chase him off with all the spirits in the world at my back like a tidal wave. There is a shadow I cannot escape, it wanders in the sun thin and stretched, a giant ghost, and I find myself always just beyond his grasp. My umbra, darkside personified . In the night I may escape but sometimes I find he is even stronger there , hiding in the shadows of the twilight, in my soul. So sometimes my only option is to forget who I am and take off, leaving the invisible monster behind confused. I know he's never far behind, never really gone, I just have to keep running.
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Wow how do you write like this?
ReplyDeleteI feel I have a shadow like this too!
Do you realize just how good you are?
Because in case you don't know you are extra extra good!
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This is absolutely incredible. I love every word of it. That monster is a shared experience. A darkness to the light and a magnet pulling at the bright places in my heart. But hope and beauty repel him and daily he is sent back to his corner of desperation and despair. He returns on the dark days but rarely reigns supreme. The key is keeping him in check and staying just one step ahead. Provided you do that you should be fine. Woe to those unlucky souls who he catches step with.
ReplyDeleteGreat work son.