With every hesitant step

I walk away from the shadows

That perceive me as enemy

Jarred awake by cruel passions

Of hungry thieves in the night

Faceless entities that shimmer

Beyond the realm of light

Feasting under the veil of darkness

I turn back my head to see nothing

But from the corner of my eyes

I perceive it’s presence, still

And yet, I walk with fortitude

Knowing the shadow is but a dream

An imitation of the real life I live

A solid force that wipes away

All the cobwebs of age old pain

And sweeps away all the dust

from the shadowy floor.