Network of Shadows

Network of Shadows

The sun glares down on the pavement

Causing an elaborate network of shadows

To dance across the ground.

Grotesque replicas-twisted and bent

Mem’ries-shadows in life seen through shaded windows.

A twisted vine of nothing hangs 

Down and steps into the dark, unbound

As darkness is created by its presence.

Unrav’ling, it twists in spir’ling tendrils

And grasps out- engulfing at its touch, while

Mimicking surrounding fellows in its form.

Every time the sun shines a shadow dies.

It melts, a shapeless heap, a skeletal ruin

Fading as quickly as another is born

Contorting into shapes and sizes, standing out

While blending in.

Stella Yon