Shadows

sorenbarrett

From night mourn a shade torn
Born break of day painted shapes that may
Play in a child’s breeze or die in cloud disease
Moving growing dark reflections of life showing
In it’s shrinking, day and night linking
Shadows fade away at the end of day

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  • orchidee

    Good wite SB.

    • sorenbarrett

      Thanks Orchi for the read it is most appreciated

    • Teddy.15

      Beautiful 🌹

      • sorenbarrett

        Thank you Teddy I appreciate your read and kind comment

      • TobaniNataiella

        I am not going to claim i fully understand it, but i have found it interesting and enjoyable to read, and will read again later.

        • sorenbarrett

          This is a difficult one but I appreciate your read and most kind remarks

          • TobaniNataiella

            You are very welcome

          • Tristan Robert Lange

            Love this poem Soren. In it, I love the the play with light and shadow, life and death, reflection and movement...each juxtaposition serving to give one a sense of the passage of time and, of course, the cyclical nature of existence. This is an existential poem at its best and the ending 🤯. Indeed, with the absence of light there are no shadows. Profoundly powerful my friend! 🌹👏

          • Neville



            what's not to know, like or love there's nowt to fear in shadows no matter how dark nor deep .. .. Neville

            • sorenbarrett

              Thanks Neville you provide another view of this poem that shows the other side of the coin you see beyond the surface as always

            • Tony36

              Great write

              • sorenbarrett

                Thanks so much Tony your words are appreciated

                • Tony36

                  You're welcome

                • Bella Shepard

                  A very enigmatic write my friend. It makes me wonder where the boundary of shadow ends and life begins, I think.

                  • sorenbarrett

                    Ah Bella a great observation the boundary lies at the same place as that of love and hate, dark and light and pain and joy. Bella I'm going to check your poems again and hope that you have a new one, I miss them. Thanks so much for the read and comment

                  • Thad Wilk

                    A captivating and
                    thought provoking
                    write i must say!! 🤔
                    Have no fear, dark shadows
                    fade away
                    at the end of day! Love it!! 😍
                    Thanks for sharing 🙏
                    Best regards ✌️ Thad

                  • David Wakeling

                    This is an interesting rhyme technique. It is very much a song writer's style. All you need is a few guitar chords. Brilliant

                    • sorenbarrett

                      Thanks David I have thought of music but my experience with song writing is too limited. Appreciate the read and comment.

                    • arqios

                      I myself have made acquaintance of existing in the grey, part shadow-part light. Very interesting to see that in poetry. Never fails to catch attention.

                      • sorenbarrett

                        Living in the grey is where life is at. Thanks for the read and comment Cryptic

                        • arqios

                          Most welcome Soren! 🙏🏻

                        • Dan Williams

                          Sometimes I see shadows where no one is standing. Amen.

                          • sorenbarrett

                            Thank you for your read and comment that adds greater depth to the poem. It is most appreciated

                          • Goldfinch60

                            But as each day lengthens
                            Within this New Year
                            The nights get shorter
                            And the shadows linger
                            Linger for life to be seen.

                            Andy

                            • sorenbarrett

                              Thanks Gold for the review and interpretive words of wisdom they are most appreciated

                            • Cassie58

                              Night and day, shade and light. There is a point when they are so very closely linked. There is much beauty here Soren. Lovely.

                              • sorenbarrett

                                Thank you so much Cassie you are so right there is a close relationship between the two and so glad that you see it. We are all shadows in this world coming with the dawn of our existence and leaving with the sunset but only to return with a new day

                              • NafisaSB

                                interesting reflections - am trying to decipher the actual meaning behind it - hoping all the shadows are chased away soon, and replaced by a beautiful rainbow

                                • sorenbarrett

                                  The meaning is whatever you would like it to be but what I had in mind when I wrote it was that we are all shadows in this world that come and go with the raising and setting of the sun

                                  • NafisaSB

                                    methinks my brain is as foggy these days as the smog around me - thanks for the explanation - at least now i can understand it properly
                                    good day to you, and a great 2025

                                  • NinjaGirl

                                    I do love shadows, seems to be the ever-evolving existence and then end to humanity. the humans don't die at night like the shadows do, but in a day or two, it seems the humanity does

                                    • sorenbarrett

                                      Thank you so much yes we all fade away at the end of day.



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