Like a Shadow

Like a Shadow

I am none but a shadow
Of yesterday’s sorrows.

I am a shadow,
penetrating deeply
beneath the ground,
unrecognizable.

A shadow in the skies,
I have become unreachable-

After the stars had disappeared,
I became a shadow in the darkness.
I could not perceive the sunlight…

Like a shadow
I followed my leader, in every way,
Until I began to find myself.

Like a shadow,
I follow my dreams
Until I reach the skyline.
I am a shadow beneath the risen sun.

I become a darker shadow,
More visible to intruders.

I am a shadow
Dissolving when the rain falls in torrents.
After the rain subsides
I return to my power.

Like a shadow I slip beneath the door
Unobtrusively.

With utmost gratitude-
I have become Invisible
to the world outside…

Claudia Krizay