Shadow
by Kris Michelle Diesness
The shadows mock me as I walk,
keeping pace with cautious stride.
They stalk my steps and split the light,
then blend together—night, contrived.
They trick the eye and steal my sight,
then fade to nothing in the sun.
Or turning Earth takes shadow’s side,
but in the end, true night has won.
Kris Michelle Diesness holds a BA in English: Writing from Dominican University and an MA in Transpersonal Psychology: Spiritual Psychology with Dream Studies Certification from Sofia University. Her work has been featured in The Nomad Review and The Haiku Shack. Several of her pieces have been included in Purr and Yowl: An Anthology of Poetry About Cats (World Enough Writers) and All the World’s a Page: An Anthology of Sonnets (Quillkeepers Press).