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DARK SHADOWS

08-18-2010 at 08:45:41 AM

DARK SHADOWS


There appears to be a dark shadow that never goes away,
Why is it at times I feel so sure that it's here to forever stay?
My feet seem to get heavier with every other step I take
Always so frightened that no matter what I did would lead to another mistake.
Its a lonely path I travel with many dangerous curves and turns,
Each road I take gets harder but its one more lesson learned.
I pray each day that darkness will be gone finally at last.
I found forgiveness was the answer and that the dark shadow was my past.

To have great poets there must be great audiences too.

Walt Whitman, American Poet (1819-1892)