The Shadow

By: Ashley-Sama

I see it follow me

Through night and day

The creature mirrors my every step

Corruption to everything I know

It follows me right around

My shadow does,

To the falling sun

And the rising sea

My shadow follows faithfully

Always traveling around

As I live in a place

Where the sea is high

And the cliffs rise above it

Leaving me alone

With my shadow

I have no escape

For my shadow follows

It may sound a curse to others

But my shadow is the only one for me

I cannot fly always with my wings

I have no shackles that bear my down

I am not trapped in a tower with no walls

I am only a girl with wings

Without feathers

I always loved my shadow

I envied it to follow

And so it did

It stayed behind me, watching wariliy

For once I shivered

I have never known of fear

The shadow looked at me

“Will you come if I stay?”

A smile reached my lips

“Of course, I may follow wherever you may go.”

The shadow let out an menacing laugh

It sent shivers down my spine

It smiled

That smile scared me

It sent pain through my hips

I let out a gasp

Why was my shadow hurting me so?

“Then you will follow me now?”

The shadow asked

Its hand touched my face

Oh how I was so naïve

To believe that my shadow was a trusting creature

For what I did next was hard to believe

“I will follow my shadow”

I replied

“Then will you follow me to hell?”

I tried to run then

But my legs wouldn’t move

“You don’t want to go?”

The shadow yelled dragging me down

I tried to cry for help

But I was only a girl

Alone with her shadow at sea

No help would come

I opened my arms

Embracing my beloved shadow

It dragged me under until I was no more

I was but a simple child back then

A naïve little kid

Now I roam in this land

Not as a ghost

But as a shadow

Only a kinder soul than my own shadow

Someone that keeps trust

With my dear, Emily

I tell her of my shadow

She smiles and yearns for more

A child so much like me

I guess the shadow wasn’t my end

It was the beginning…