Shadows

I try to escape,

he keeps pace with me,

I try to lose him in alleys, but he climbs the walls.

I see him for what he is,

he is all my evil, all that I have done.

my feet can only carry me so fast.

I thought for some time I could escape him.

I thought that he could not follow me into the dark,

Whenever I entered a lightless abyss

I was the free, I was not watched by his faceless glare,

I could do as a pleased and live without his judgmental presence,

I could shake my past and live free

I could finally live in the present,

I believed he was gone, but he surely would meet me again,

when the light would show me who I am

I then realized in the dark he didn't follow me,

he became me.

He doesn't remind me of the evils I commit in the dark,

he is the evil I commit in the dark.

He shows everyone my flaws,

that I am human,

that I am not transparent.

That secrets lie in my heart and mind, beneath my skin.

I can see that running is useless,

escaping your past is like losing your shadow.

Even if at times you can hide it,

it will always follow you.

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