Shadows Made Without Bodies

It is the rendering of the other side

My Photo

A shadow made without a form
saturating the sidewalk with an outline
seeming to signify that darkness
has a shape to it even though
shapeless unless it’s attached
to a body made to deny
sunlight to hit the earth.

It is the rendering of the other side
rich with the night’s lack
of moonlight to break
the black spreading out
like fingers curling around
a body looking to meld
with their skin until
the sun rises
because no matter what
the earth spins on its axis
its rhythm holds us
circadian in design
even with the leap
of time zones we are held
by her embrace of time
a mistress of the night
and light of the morning
but also with a sunrise
shadows still creep
behind the mirror
of their projection
looking for a piece
of the soul to keep.