The shadow I had carried lightly has Been forced upon me now and heavy since Bulky since now and since unwieldy as A corpse the shadow I was born from in And to I should have known I couldn't being As how it wasn't me who lifted it Not all the way from me in the first place being As how its lightness after was a gift Its near- bodilessness a gift from those Who bind it to me now I should have known I couldn't while they watched me set it loose They bind it to my back they make it strange That I knew in my arms they weigh it down With the shadow they had kept the bindings in Copyright © 2017 Shane McCrae. Used with permission of the author. |
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