The Shadow Realm
The Shadow Realm
Life has been light passes slowly within time
Dreams of racing shadows within faint light
Some sound off in sweetest songs so sublime
Others terrorize jubilantly in the late night
Sweet shadows speak of softest love and joy
Replaying moments that family held so dear
These are fun like a child's favorite toy
Never the dark ones that bring deepest fear
Night midway often sends its darkest beasts
Leaping, screaming and crying shadows abound
The scratchers look for human flesh for feasts
The criers and moaners play for horrific sound
Crawlers move about scarring the bedroom wall
While gnashers wail, chatter their teeth loud
Bed shakers push it up until its ready to fall
The hideous ones show ugliest faces so proud
Surviving is calling light of day shadows in
Each one forces a dark shadow to quickly flee
Those that ease life and are always a friend
Bring love, relief and joy that so frees me
07-04-2015
Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2015
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