Slipping across the street

Making no sound

Dark as the night

A shadow you are.

You follow me everywhere

Clinging to me everywhere I go.

I see you in my room,

your outline under my bed.

I hear your whispers in my head,

I can feel your presence.

I can't escape you.

You follow me

Like my shadow

obscurer than the moon.

You're my past.

A dark thing, you are.

A presence,

full of pain and sadness.

You are me and I am you.

We are one.

But some days,

it doesn't trouble me to say,

that I forget you.

I'm leaving you behind.

I'm focusing on the present.

I'm focusing on the new me.