A Shadow In The Dark

Forever tackling

The shadow in the dark...

I see it pirouette

It's batwings without flaw...

It dances here and there

Between the passing cars...

It's breaking out of frame...

Pads emptiness with awe...

When I've become it's Lord,

And nail it to one slot

Will I finally be free

To showcase what I got?...

Advance from effigy...

Retain the skin and flesh?...

Oh, to at last breathe breath

And exit from this mess

Of sticky jams that cling,

And ancient glassed preserves...

I'm dreaming beyond hope

That I can be observed...

...And now at last the shadow

Stretches on the wall!...

It branches out it's limbs,

And doesn't quake or fall...

I squeeze fingers in my fist,

As if on magic string,

It plays the process back to me...

Hear angel voices sing!...

I am now on the track

To move with other beasts!...

That shadow speaks for me...

It holds me in it's crease...

I can vacate this room,

And shuffle down long streets...

It validates my quest

To infiltrate large crowds...

I board a bus with ease,

Impressed that I am seen...

The roads make splashing sounds...

I feel I'm living out my dream...

Climbing out at my stop,

I slip between two crouching signs...

A carport traps me in it's web...

I have to pause here for a time...

Oh no!...More shadows tracked me down!...

They must have recognized my theft!...

They pounce upon me like

A hungry Puma that's bereft...

Forever tackling

The shadow in the dark...

I see it pirouette

It's batwings without flaw...

It dances here and there

Between the passing cars...

It's breaking out of frame...

Pads emptiness with awe...

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Bunny Villaire