Walking today and notice my shadow, which inspired this odd poem about our relationship. |
-Shadow in The Background- by Keaton Foster I see you there Creepily Do you dare Following me Following truth I alone set the route The journey Is our shared affliction Such introspective fools On different sides Of faith and light On day and night Everywhere that I go Everything that I do You are my solemn witness My darkest secrets to be kept Be assured that I know That I truly understand Silence does not mean That you will forget Judging me all the while Harshly judging yourself Has become paramount Shadow in the background My conscientious objector You will take no part Through are your hands Empty is your soul Such quantifications Are part you and myself We are divided in two But we are the same truth You have somehow come to care Far more than I ever could You have come to believe Something that I cannot You want so badly to escape But every brilliant dawn Of every newly woven day You are there Just out of my line of sight Behind the choices that I make And then willingly carry out Like it or not you are complicit Like it or not you are part of me Of course you can act unaware Under the brightest sun But that won’t change anything Broken and distorted You have no real chance Shadow in the background I will never bring you forward I will never let you get ahead I will never allow you to escape In furious day or total darkness You are where you belong You must suffer all that I’ve done And all that I continue to do We are indeed as one In this unified conundrum That is our shared existence Shadow in the background You are where you belong… Shadow in The Background Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2014 |