NOVEMBER 2020

Me and My Shadow

#MondayMemories, #Self-Discovery

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Following the passing of a dear friend at the beginning of 2018, and the arrival of a shipment transporting my worldly belongs from Arizona to Chiang Mai, I embarked on a major clean-up of possessions of no great value other than the memories associated with them. Me and My Shadow describes the feelings this process triggered

 

Hung my shadow

out to dry,

me and my shadow,

my shadow and I.

 

Washed it all clean,

revealed to the sky

sins of the past

from days gone by.

 

The light of the sun

will purify

whatever I’ve hidden

and wish to deny.

 

Forgiveness is grace,

no need to be sly.

The dark half of myself

is mine till I die.

 

It belongs to the earth,

teaches me why

it's important to honor

both the low and the high.

 

Now we set off again,

my shadow all spry,

me and my shadow,

my shadow and I.

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