shadow dancing
We all have shadows...
or should I say, shadow selves.
The parts within we try to control
and conceal
and deny.
The parts that may not be so pretty
or accommodating
or tempered
or kind
or sincere
or generous
or loving.
They reside within
nevertheless...
biding their time -
ready to emerge
at the whisper of a thought
or a feeling.
They are our shadow selves.
Always present
but not always seen.
Full of fire and ice,
our shadow selves
provide a nuanced and powerful
texture to our very human experience.
One that may reveal a depth
and perspective
that would otherwise go unnoticed.
Our shadow selves
like to play
and strut
and dance
and duel
and merge
with our lighter side.
Ruled by thoughts and moods and feelings -
each side
serves its own purpose...
carries its own lessons...
fulfills its own desires.
Our shadow self and our lighter side
exist
within and with
each other -
together
creating a
messy,
exhilarating,
fantastically confounding,
joyous tragedy
and
comedy
called life.
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