The Echoes Of A Broken Shade
Introduction: Some wounds don’t bleed; they linger in echoes, in shattered reflections of who we used to be. This poem speaks of the pieces of ourselves that break but never fully disappear. It is about how the guards are raised when someone is repeatedly shattered but finds that one companion - their shadow to guide them to embrace themselves, Another betrayal struck him today, A familiar chuckle echoing dismay; Still haunted by wounds of the past undone, One more heartbreak was far too much to shun. He sighed as he wandered down the street, Then spied his shadow at his feet; For a moment hope stirred within his chest— This silent friend he trusted best. Yet again his heart was rent in two, As his shadow, too, broke the truth it knew; When twilight fell and darkness reigned supreme, That loyal echo shattered its own dream. Isolated and weary beneath the starry gleam, He waited while sorrow flowed like a stream; Tea...