Shadow It may envelop like a memory Or taste of grief Cool like a pitiless smile Or press with the weight of regret Shield, cloak or camouflage My friends advise me It’s no place to live a life But I’m convinced you cast My face into a field of possibility That can’t exist at noon Or on a moonless starless night Because I know beyond a doubt That there are two sides to a shadow And an infinity of shade ________________________________________________________________________ Emanuel E. García, Leaf Thoughts, One Hundred Poems, 2013 |