At Home in Shadow

There was once a boy where

The monster grew.

The boy was at home and safe

He was young and always uneasy.

Dark shadows crept in

Corneres at first then a whole

Wall.

He was at home and no longer

Safe.

The boy looked beyond his box

Where he lived, at home, and uneasy.

The boy was not safe.

The boy saw his shadows and hid

Them.

Brightly at times the boy would

Hide in plane sight.

Deep inside the boy was uneasy.

Uncomfortable with himself.

With this “boy”.

Brightly shining in plane sight this “boy”

Was uneasy.

Brightly shining was the monster,

This “boy”

And they didn’t know how to hide

The shadows any longer.

They wrapped themselves away from

This “boy”

Swadeled in warm shadow.

This monster breathed easy for a time

Safely hidden away, at home, and safe.

Warmly wrapped at home in shadow

Hidden from this “boy”.

*Breathe Deep*

This monster peered from their cocoon

Seeing the withered husk of

This “boy”.

Breaking the walls of shadow this

”monster” steps forward.

Trembeling, this “boy” yields.

This “monster” stooping low, swallows up

This “boy” making them whole.

Not this boy, nor this monster,

But this human

Brightly shining in the sun.