Freetext Friday 'Shadow'
In the darkness you pass
pass through night and Moon
We were moths to our own flame
Leaving the Shade of You
You stalk
You haunt
You hunt
alway looking
looking for the moths and the flame
I see only the Shade of You
I left as well as for dead
I left like a childhood toy
Still you return
out of the corner of my eye
all that remains is the Shade of You
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I am only voting because I'm not sure why I wouldn't. And I somehow find that I like this. It has given me an idea for a short side plotline in my story. A visceral idea of an oracle or wayward traveler speaking to a party member on a darkened rainy road.
I'm glad you were inspired! My inspiration for my recent poetry writing was the newish Adele song Hello, which brought home some sins of my past........
Not a bad bit of petty. I like the, uh, I think 'cadence' is the word I'm looking for.
From an RPG idea perspective, I don't get too much out of it, thouh.
That should say 'poetry', not 'petty.' Sorry.