Shadow in the Dark

I am a Shadow

In the Dark-

Clumsily waiting-

To see where I am

In the light.

The shadowy air

Shows in my breath

Which pulsates heavily

As our eyes lock.

What is less

Than myself,

I am forced to ask,

Than a Shadow?

If I’m a Shadow

Then what is less?

What is it that

I see in this darkness

And which sees me?

Then the great being

His endless shadow

Turns and gleams its teeth

Like scythes across a void.

They rip through the darkness

As more darkness rises

And all shadows eaten.

It smiles at me

And in those scythes

-Beady Eyes

Which show understanding.

Then I know what I am:

I am a Shadow

In the Light.