Sunday, March 4, 2018
Umbral Retreat Comments
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Alone I think of those pervasive shadows,
and sit, in petrified awe, in that illusory fog.
This tormentor of my dreams.
Becoming lost in a kingdom full of penumbra,
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8/5/2025 4:10:59 AM # 1.0.0
I think most of us have cocoons we withdraw into to escape reality. Sometimes we leave one dark world only to enter another. I feel the sadness in this poem. But know that even so know that you can be loved even by a stranger. Don't stay in the shadows too long. Your poems uncover the beauty. 10
Thank you so much Chris for your insightful comments. As you say, there is some sadness to this poem but shadows often give way to sunshine and a little of that is what we are all looking for... and thankfully do eventually find...