Never mind the shadows
half the world is
in darkness every day
while the other half is
shadowed by the
sun's bright array
and way up north
shadows lose all their sharpness
overtaken by the cold fact
of six months of darkness
where soft grays are more
welcomed than the night
in its largeness
Your shadow is always with you
when you're walking in light
a constant companion
following you in plain sight
but your shadow goes away
when you're walking at night
unless you cross under
something artificially bright.
And though too many times
we are shadowed by grief
we find comfort in our memories
and in our beliefs
and time that heals all
helps to bring us relief.....
We all live being shadowed
by some government
that knows where we're at
and where we've all went
and their tax rates exceed
any decent percent
while they start up new wars
where young lives will be spent
always happening too often
filling the shadows of coffins
where all soldiers are sent
leaders who do not go
never mind the shadows
like the poor soldiers know
While the old face dark shadows
in bags beneath their eyes
cause they wink late at night
in its shadows and sigh
sleep eludes them and so
they just turn on the light
knowing their time is short
it's death's shadows they fight
The worst of what's shadowed
are dark places where evil
waits with Glee in its eye
and a hunger primeval
to perform some sheer mayhem
or to cause something lethal
bringing humans to grief
in their endless upheavals
bringing suffering to all of the people
In the beginning the whole
world was in darkness and
God said "let there be light"
thus shadows were born
in between black and white
shades of gray everywhere
reminders that there
is a middle ground where
things are not too bad
and not too good
not as scary and not as happy
not as dark but not as lit.....
So never mind the shadows
they never mind you even
when you were a baby
when you were just a shadow
on an ultrasound and as
a toddler you danced
with your shadows till
you fell to the ground
and you giggled and as
a child you made shadow
pictures on the wall
with your fingers that wiggled
and as a middle-aged soul
you may take note of the shadow
on your x-ray that will
overshadow your day
and make you worry
about the time you have left
until the grim reaper's shadow
comes to steal your last breath
So never mind the shadows
they will always be there
spend time in flowered meadow s
you should just enjoy your
temporal existence and let
shadows fall where they always do
because they always will
they are the edge between
darkness and sheer brightness
they border black with gray
and then fade to what's whitest
they really offer nothing too excite us
so never mind the shadows
they are nothing that is hallowed
the world holds things
far more beautiful
like the silhouettes of lovers
like he shadows of a woman's eyes
and its many colors
shadows lovely to behold
embrace the light until you're old
and never mind the shadows
dance in flowered meadows
and never ever mind the shadows
Incredible Music Composed and
Played by Ingvar Tautra-copyright 2023
Lyrics and Vocals Written and Sung
by Matthew F. Blowers III copyright 2023
at Art Whimsically Yours Studio
Photo credit to unsplash.com
