Tuesday, 2 August 2016

Shadows

Miniature folds casting giant streaks elephantine
along the white ridges of a sheet, a dark alley serpentine
morphing seamlessly into abrupt sands of shifting time
when the folds move (courtesy) wind or mood
shadows from a cotton mountain range, a long thin line 

Phantasmal glow of luminous arcs , fading, cascading
projecting on ceilings and walls
ghost of mute cars, passing a bend, reflecting from corners afar
only at night do you see them stand out 
in a caliginous room, emphasized by an obscure light spout

a thin reed of life, the dark that hangs on to
a bleak bar of light, to wake the shadows on cue
hidden in the umbra, they stay dead
strike a match, they're hungry to be fed

Dark replicas or fuzzy blurs
reflections in black 
that don't stare back 
often honest, yet seldom what they seem
ubiquitous shadows, invisible in dreams 

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