The Shadow by Cassidy Shay (the snowy day read aloud TXT) 📕

The shadow closes in
And it’s dark all around
It’s cold to the touch
It doesn’t make a sound

The shadow fills everything
On the clocks and on the walls
It travels through the door
Up the stairs and down the halls

Touching it is dangerous
This is quickly learned
If you choose to touch it
You’ll be badly burned

A shadow burn is painful
Yes, full of pain it’s true
It’s both freezing and scalding
Leaving you permanently blue

The pain from the shadow burn
Will never leave your mind
Always present, always there
Sneaking up from behind

Never really gone
Always really there
Soaking through your skin
In your blood and in your hair

You cannot escape it
It eventually will appear
Eating at your soul
Until even that disappears

Enveloping every aspect
Revealing all your lies
The shadow shows no mercy
While shattering your life

The shadow closes in
And it’s dark all around
It’s cold to the touch
It doesn’t make a sound

Text: Cassie Hoene
Publication Date: 05-06-2011

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