Popular Poems About Shadows

Haunted by a dark shiver,
that creeps like a shadow's quiver.
A blackening cold
spreading upon my bones.
Confronted by the raw dank,
invasive thoughts of the unknown.
Hope is seen gaunt wandering my halls.
That despair is desperate to taint.
But strength has heard the ancient call.
The brightest gold sun shines
through the shriveled berry branches.
Blessed with newborn tiny blossom enhancements.
Away from the chaotic complexity of
the dark thought's advancement.
For when a shadow exists
that belongs to no sun....

I wish I had known you better.
I wish I could say I tried.
But I – buried under small bodies
 and schedules and needs,
  with just enough distance between us to be
   inconvenient –
And you – for so long obscured from my view,
  with my lifelong tormentor between us --
I just thought we’d have more time.
 
Eclipsed by his tortured shadow
  of bluster and opinions and judgement,
she tossed out colourful sparkles
  of beauty and care into our family,
touching us all with a thoughtfulness
  much deeper than...

Sometimes it feels like you're still with me...

With us...

Casting a long and imposing shadow
upon the ground before us
the only time in which we can still
be together as a family...

The touch of your warm embrace
lingers like a distant memory
while here with you in this field
of stone and forgotten names

Projecting your silhouette in the
waning light of this hallow place
feels almost crippling on my soul
forever judging, forever watching

I'm left to ponder my own thoughts
am I doing as...