The more you keep
it down the more it grows
It thrives in
places where there is no light
The more you try
to hide the more it knows
It taunts you
when you lie awake at night
You never know
when it may want to play
A game of cat and
mouse inside your head
And if you try to
make it go away
The longer it
will stay with you instead
It visits you in
dreams so dark and deep
In wishes and in
secrets long rejected
The beast will
keep on eating you alive
Until you hold
it, make it feel protected
For once you see the
shadow face to face
You see that it's yourself you must embrace.
submitted for Poets United, Poetry Pantry 121
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| The Shadow - Steven.Kenny |
