Love My Shadow

Our shadows follow us
Sometimes hiding where we can’t see
Always there
And never far

Have you confronted your shadow?
Have you asked it all of your questions?
The secrets, locked away
The shame, the resentment, the hurt
The darker side of you

I share these secrets
So that you’ll know me
The real me
And I hope I’ll know you too

Do you love me
Superficially?
Or all of my shadows too?

I crave to be needed
To be wanted
To be loved for all that I am

I’m not perfect
I won’t ever be
But I will grow…
From past failures
The mistakes I’ve made
The people I’ve hurt

Do you love me?
Do you trust me?
Are you scared of my shadow