Shadow Poet - a Place Exists
Shadow poet -
sleep does not come easy.
Out of bed- creep across the floor,
silently so not to wake those dreaming
whose buried dreams from them shall never flow.
So to the door down the hall,
find a light that's low.
Hurry - for you know that thoughts are fleeting
like this night you wish would never go.
Night is all one shadow for the poet.
No one knows the places that you travel -
only those like you who unravel images
while sitting in that special place alone.
Pouring out with every hour fleeing.
That's enough for now. You must get rest.
This thing you do - creating -
it's your power, the talent God gave you
as your best.
Hide your talent not beneath the earth.
A place exists where other Shadow poets
in light of day do come to shine - to share
and likewise there -
can also see YOUR worth.
Aug. 13, 2017 for Greg Barden's 'The Poet's Shadow' Poetry Contest
Submitted Dec. 15, 2022
for Mark Toney's the '2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 23' Poetry Contest
Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2017
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