I crawl into my shadow

I crawl into my shadow

A Poem by Phillip J Clayton
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Sadness

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Away from the light, it burns my eyes

It’s safe here, serpents whisper,

I recede into my shadow.

I crawl…

 

There is something inside of me,

an enemy, a friend, torment.

Ripped from the edge of light

No redemption insight.

 

The heart grows cold,

take this love, take this life.

Coal burns, this dying soul.

This tomb…

 

I breathe the loud silence,

the night embraces me, away from the light.

Am I him? From the pyre of your eyes?

Amends with the light.

I crawl…

© 2022 Phillip J Clayton


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Added on August 26, 2022
Last Updated on August 26, 2022
Tags: Sadness, depression, change, torment, misery, life, broken, turmoil

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Phillip J Clayton
Phillip J Clayton

Jamaica



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In the professional space, I am almost a diety... I say that with the greatest of humility. In my personal life I am frail and a primitive man... Self-actualization is not all it's cracked up to be. .. more..

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