Form and Shadow

The form and the shadow
            are form

When the shadow disappears
            it is implicit in the form

Without the shadow the form
            is barren it imagines nothing

When the shadow reappears
            the form and the shadow are shadow

The nature of the shadow
            is the inverse of the nature of the form

The echo of the form
            is the voice of the shadow

The shadow is the form’s wing
            The form is the shadow’s foot

The form breathes the shadow
            The shadow dreams the form

The form’s disappearance
            is implicit in the shadow

Without the form the shadow
            is lost it wanders going nowhere

When the form reappears
            the form and the shadow are form


by Kirk Wilson
(for his son-in-law Wells Mason)

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