Shadow Dream. Date: Sunday, 5th September 2010 @ 03:09:35 AM AEST Topic: Sad Poetry Contributed By: cashfan1 In a winter wood I came upon a shadow. Wearied by loneliness it haunted this wild desolate place. No breeze stirred, no birds sang, no fox barked And no badger groveled in the earth of his sect. The air hung heavy with a dark premonition. I looked above me at the rising tree line, The tall branches stripped bare by the season's wrath. I sat on a stump of oak and watched fragments of sky Penetrate the gaps in the trees And all around the woodland floor trembled, The air echoed with hollow laughter, A pale imitation of happiness. From somewhere far distant thunder grumbled, Lightening forked and split the tree line. I stood up and embraced the advancing shadow, Entered its loneliness and claimed my birthright. This poem is Copyright © cashfan1 Important note: ALL POETRY ON THIS SITE IS COPYRIGHT. If you wish to use any poem for any purpose, please either EMAIL Mick from the sites feedback form, or go to the AUTHOR'S site and EMAIL the author for permission. If you Email Mick for permission on any poem that is not his personal works, he will endeavor to contact the author on your behalf. This poem comes from Your Poetry Dot Com https://www.your-poetry.com/ The URL for this poem is: https://www.your-poetry.com/route.php?page=poetry/PoemDetail&story_id=162158