Bleeding Shadow

His shadow is wounded, bruised to the core, 
Bleeding forever in shade,
Bleeding in black, wherever he walked, 
Bleeding away with a fade,

From all of the ache, pain, anguish and hurt, 
Torn by what it had found,
Watched by his mind every bit of the day, 
That it did all over the ground,

You see, his mind slowly watched every small act, 
Inflicted on this shadowy guy,
Every small cut to the flesh of his shade, 
He watched with a critical eye,

Leading to this shadow now withered and broke, 
Dissolving from everyone’s sight,
Till he disappears complete, nowhere to be seen, 
In the fog and the dark of the night.

Written 13th June 2018, entered into Broken Wings' contest for favourite June poem, 24th July 2018, ranked 3rd
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Gentry Avatar
July 27, 2018 at 5:27 PM
Congratulations on your win. Enjoyed this.
La France Avatar
July 26, 2018 at 7:20 PM
Lewis, congratulations on your win in my contest with this fav poem, wonderful writing !
Raynes Avatar
July 26, 2018 at 9:30 PM
Thank you BW, thank you heaps, such a nice idea for a contest, :)
Messina Avatar
July 25, 2018 at 6:32 AM
Well-written Lewis. Congrats on your win!
Raynes Avatar
July 26, 2018 at 9:29 PM
Thank you Charles
Makhakha Avatar
July 3, 2018 at 5:08 AM
well presented the intrigues
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 14, 2018 at 8:25 AM
Brilliant seems not to be the word to use for this dark brooding piece, it is very effective, your talent shines, there I go again ;) evocative, poignant. Just me or you're writing darker these days, I hope it's just the season. Hugs xomo
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