Shadow me dark,
shade my soul,
ombré is my colour,
encompass me, whole.
Unfurl your umbrella,
turn my day into deep night,
elongate my torso,
protect me from the light.
Pull my shadow outwards,
take my spirit
soaring
high.
Enlighten me.
I beg you.
It’s Quadrille Monday over on dVerse, where this week we are asked to write a poem of exactly 44 words, using the word ‘shadow’.
Please do take part, or, if you’d prefer, just head on over to read all the other entries. Enjoy!
Freya Writes... 
I enjoy how you use shadow as an imperative verb. This is tinged with darkness which adds to the beauty of light, of life.
Thank you, Victoria.
The shape adds much to this great piece, freya.
Thank you!
Wow!
‘Unfurl your umbrella,
turn my day into deep night,
elongate my torso,
protect me from the light.’
Thank you!
I love how you used the shadow as a plea… the way you seek protection, yes we do need the shadow in our life.
Thank you, Bjorn!
Shadow me — love the use of the word as a verb. The shape becomes its own shadow. A wonderful entreaty to a shadow!
Thank you, Lillian.
The passionate plea is very powerful.
Thank you, Brian.
I love this, a simply soulful poem beautifully written.
Thank you so much!
Oh this is beautifully intense and passionate ❤️ especially “Pull my shadow outwards, take my spirit
soaring high.”
Thank you!
I admire the format, the contrasting voices. Specially love:
Shadow me dark,
shade my soul,
ombré is my colour
Thank you, Grace.
Perhaps ombre is more a process than a specific color, but your words become the highlights dipping in & out of shadows; love the liberties you took with the shadow word & world; slamming Glam., but clinging to process.
Yes, it is more of a process, but I like to play and stretch words, as you can tell! Thank you, Glenn.
This was beautiful. I like the rhyme scheme and format you used for this piece. 🙂
Thank you!
Pull my shadow outwards.. a beautiful piece.
Thank you!
Lovely contrasts of light and dark
Thank you, Bryan.
So very well done!
Thank you!
I love the rhythm and flow of your words. Makes the poem sounds lyrical. 🙂
Thank you!
Nice contrast between wanting the shadow and wanting to be enlightened.
Thank you, Frank.
So subtle and so clever
Thank you!
What an excellent description of the picture and the use of your metaphors of shadow. Beautifully well written. 🙂
Thank you!
You welcome! 🙂
Splendid quadrille. Nicely written.
Thank you!
Wonderful word artistry. Very moving. Love the flow.
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
A cave within..
dArkest depths..
uncharted
shadow
territories
grown
forgotten
and old.. juST
Awaiting aNew
to grow young aGaiN
as heARt.. as SpiRit
as BaLanCinG miNd
and BoDy reBorn as shaDow Lives..:)
Thank you! Love your comments as always 🙂
And as alWays..
Thanks for your
Inspiring.. poetry..
My FriEnd..:)
I too love the passion in this…especially the imploring “Enlighten me/I beg you!”
Thank you!
Gorgeous write. The first line had me right away with “shadow me dark”. I really enjoyed this unexpected plea to the shadow for protection from the light.
Thank you, Mish.
I like how you used “shadow”as a command and as a person. The piece is mysterious and intriguing and a nice read.
Thank you, Imelda.
Nice turn-around. (And intriguing image.)
Thank you!