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Searching for a Shadow in the Night
Searching for a shadow in the night
a shadow among a thousand shadows
Seeking with a shadow slaying light
hoping to save a life
her own shadow false hope she chases knowing its spite
following a shadow unperturbed by the beam
fearing possibility that might
so many awful options
imaginings of the shadows plight
or worse, imaginings that it ran from her
so many options to give fright
though the shadows should have done
shadows were not something to fight
perhaps they hurt and want to be good
perhaps a future they wish were bright
perhaps her shadow was lost
perhaps her light had dispersed its flight
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the one tie i wrote something realish. i was searching for a lost pet, the shadow that i was following was my (black) cat, who without the flashlight disappears. i was hoping she might be helping, but no, she was trying to get more food(night is her feeding time. i feed her already. and gave her 2 full-size dog treats. she did not need food.) she wasn't very helpful. the lost pet itself isn't black(i did find her), so not really a shadow but i was writing in my head because i could. i bet everyone does it. and i was chasing my own shadow because for some weird science light reason it was ahead of me, so i made a game of following it in the general direction i was headed. i was so worried tho, i thought she might be dead, or ran away, or dead. I'm still not convinced she didn't hide on purpose.