Daniel P Martin - The Sorrowful Shadow

The sorrowful Shadow cast far from home,
Surrounded by people and yet all alone,
Consoled by her dreams of a distant shore,
The prospect of seeing that land once more.

The earth rotating, absorbing the sun,
But never to shine on our lonely one,
The Shadow is bound under threat of strife,
Obstructed by fate, and the shackles of life,

But hope springs eternal, or so they say,
Transalated; the Shadow will have her day,
And sever the ties, with freedom her goal,
Rising up out of the Shadow’s black hole.

To flee the darkness and bask in the sun,
To cross the oceans, pursued by none,
To land once more on that hallowed shore,
And there to remain, her soul to restore.

Daniel P Martin

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