Shadow Poetry

Dark (and Not So Dark) Poems About Shadows

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“Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow.”
― W.H. Auden, The Dyer’s Hand and Other Essays

My Shadow Walks Beside Me

My shadow walks beside me,
He is my closest friend.
Together in sunshine and light,
Our connection never ends.

My shadow rests when I’m asleep,
When I turn out the lights.
But it’s there to greet me when I wake,
And the dark has passed with night.

Some people fear the shadows,
Thinking evil lurks within,
But I embrace my grayscale friend,
And the confidence he brings.

Even when I face the Sun,
And my shadow falls behind,
It show’s I am worth following,
And boosts my state of mind.

It takes both light and shadow
To perform the dance of love.
One compliments the other
Like a hand placed in a glove.