Upon Leaving One’s Shadow Behind

Together we shall
defy both mirrors
and darkness
and live together
forever in gardens ..
But don’t you dare
suffer in silence
my precious,
instead let me in ..
We need to break
bread and to share
all of these gifts
we have been given ..
Unless you are on
some kind of
mission and driven
to discredit,
and then shaming
yours truly ..
Which surely would,
I imagine, feel more
like chasing
and killing your own
precious shadow ..
By the simple act,
of starving it of all light ..