Best Poems Written by Olivia Fellus

The Shadow

The Shadow


The shadow 

It creeps, slithering down my chest

Before cracking it open

And laying down to rest

Insecurity wells up 

Along with tears

Shameful,

Grief stained 

I submit to my fears

Struggling to hide

What grasps on tight

I cast my self into the night

The sea lies flat, black and still

Infused with the moon

Taking its fill 

The intensity rises

sharp and sore

Scattering jagged stars 

onto the shore

I see the unseeing

I hear the unsaid

The pain of every being

Hangs heavy as lead

Tell me your sorrows

I will carry them for you 

Beneath the murky depths

Where the ocean lost its blue 

This cavern between my ribs

A curse it is not 

Perhaps a blessed sanctuary 

For the weary and distraught

If this is a gift

I fold into it with grace

Bowing with gratitude 

 to hold such space

Copyright © Olivia Fellus | Year Posted 2016