Don't laugh at me,
You dark shadow!
Get behind me
Where you belong.
I won't allow you
To take over my life.
I won't let you
Laugh at my misery.
Don't even twinkle
Your eyes at me,
Or try to remind me
Of who I used to be!
Other shadows drift along
The sidewalk as they should,
Slipping home through moonlight,
Dreaming in the starlight.
So, stop your
Stupid smiling, Shadow!
Get behind me
Where you belong!
I am really
So used up
I don't even need
A shadow anymore.
9/15/06
Scarlett Treat
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/wasted-shadow/
