My shadow and I
I am walking home
But I have this weird feeling
A feeling of distrust
A feeling of fear
But I don't know why
Because there is no reason to be scared
Or is there?
Slowly I am doubting my feelings
I have the strong feeling that they are true
The feeling that someone is here with me
Someone I can't see
But maybe I am just hallucinating
I mean I had no sleep
I have worked all day
You could say that I am tired
I am just gonna walk home faster
And make myself a cup of tea
But then
That sound…
I turned around and saw nothing as expected.
I even started to run
But the sound of footsteps keep following me
And it’s getting louder and louder
I scream
“Get away from me!”
As I am standing in front of my door
Almost reaching the knob
I feel a hand on my shoulder
And a voice:
“If you turn around you can see who I am”
I freeze, not knowing what to do
I say: “Please just get away”
“I can't.” the creature says
“If you'd only turn around you would see why”
Then I started to cry
With the biggest fear I turned around
And then I saw
A shadow of the darker side of myself
I looked at myself
I saw all the flaws
But also the need for love
It hits me that I didn't give myself the things I needed
I looked once again
Then my shadow disappeared
I know that it was time to accept myself
Days went by
Months went by
Even years
I saw the creature everyday
Until one day the creature didn't show up
That was the day I knew I was finally healed…