I am shadow.
I am dark wonder,
a form without substance,
darkness without depth.
I am shadow,
a half person with voice
without body,
without light.
I am free
to feel and hear,
and to exist
without identity.
I am the ruler of darkness.
Light exposes all.
I exist in darkness.
I am shadow.
I am nameless.
I am the first and last.
I am the serene and sullen statue
at the gate of death.
I am the sentry of conscience,
the dark warrior of defense.
I am indifferent to pain.
I am indifferent to fear.
I am blind,
yet all sensing.
I exist in darkness.
I cannot see the sun.
I am an illusion
of sadness and despair.
I am alone always,
though I am part of everyone.
I am solitary.
I am alive.
I am spirit.
I am a reflection of life.
I am nightmare.
I am here.
I dwell in oblivion.
I rest in fear.
I am the deepest darkness.
I am the outline of everyone.
I am their subconscious,
and darkest vision.
I walk in darkness
merging with night.
I am seen against buildings and walls
illuminated by lamp light.
I am shadow,
the evolving human,
the great cave beast,
the Neanderthal and Cromagnon.
Before love was need,
before compassion was greed,
before death became ceremony
there was only me.
I am the Lord of Night
the ancient man,
the stalker,hunter, gatherer,
the inventor of fire.
I am Shadow,
long and lean,
short and stout,
tall and round.
I am the illusion of thought
melting into memories,
bitter and sweet,
creating a fleeting history.
I am the illusive dream,
the illusive goal,
the wealth wished for,
the mirror of the soul.
I am shadow,
invincible, unshakable.
I am the image
of darkness in all.
I am eternal cold.
I am dark and void.
I am the iceman.
I am a glacier.
I am the dark waters
frozen above and beneath ground.
I am the Arctic and Antarctic
polar separation.
I am elongated in late afternoon.
I am the reflection of the sun and moon,
the solitude of loneliness,
and solace of death.
I am the poet
of cast off thought,
the unfinished poem,
the incomplete vision.
I am the embodiment of
the secular god,
the last thought and memory,
the unwritten epic poem.
I am war.
I am peace.
I am all.
All are me.
I am shadow,
dark and deep.
I am history.
I am the unforgiven.
I am shadow
beneath the midday sun,
casted against gravestones
of sorrow and sin.
I am oblivion.
I am darkness.
I am daylight.
I am sleep.
I emerge from a dark sea,
as water on to dry land,
as a dark form
over white sand.
I merge with the night sky,
until a moonbeam shines
to cast my form out of darkness
exposing me to light.
I am shade against the sun,
eclipsing the light of day.
I am seen by all
in empty ruins.
Listen to my silent voice.
I speak in silent thought.
I work in silent toil.
I sleep in silent dream.
I am morning, night and afternoon.
I am life and death and in between.
I am the shadow
that darkens every room.
I am Shadow.
The dark reflection
of everyone
and everything.
L.A. Steel
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