2Open Shadow
On a day you were unhappy
On a day the sun was shining
You looked down and saw your shadow
Saw the darkened doors...
Staring darkness down,
You saw shade give depth to level ground,
Before your feet, a trapdoor, an escape hatch,
Opening a frown.
You were seeking
An answer
To sunlight and misery
which slipped past you, evasive and unreal...
Trying to fight darkness
Without touching it.
Looking for a meaning to command -
And your shadow said: I have never left your hand.
Offering perspective
Offering
a lost part of you
to make a whole;
Requiring
that you acknowledge
a world with night.
On a day you were unhappy
On a day the sun was shining
You looked down and saw your shadow
Saw the opened doors...
~ Credit to Sara-Lee for the inspiration, quite a while ago, as I first saw the phrase "open shadow" in her piece Steganography; at ( : / /) . /writers/display_ ?name=Steganography
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