Accidental Shade
Listen to me
You are giving your energy
Your time
Your focus
To someone
who would already be
The thing they are
If they ever were
And this does not
Come without cost
While you spend
Your precious moments
Explaining how warm the sun is
To someone who has never felt the sun
Giving the energy the sun leant you
To someone who is actively working
To convince you
That shade is nice too
You’re becoming less of the thing you are
If you ever even became her
Drifting farther
from knowing the sun
yourself
shrinking so much
That the thought of feeling
the sun on your face once more
Hasn’t even crossed your mind
As you sit in the shade
Completely unaware
That the sun is responsible for the shade you sit under
And so are you
Copyright © Emily Parada | Year Posted 2024
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