And what are shadows,
but bits of ourselves that allow light to bounce off,
and make pretend we’re not temporary.
We’re definitely temporary,
ever so non necessary,
if granted pardon,
for the folly of ignorance,
and being carried away with importance,
we still, are responsible for remembering.
None of us have amnesia,
not so long as we have breath,
the soul records everything,
to the egos vexation,
and the scroll awakens,
when we lather,
to the spume of death.
A prayer bead hovers over my right shoulder,
ever the reminder,
that it should be between my fingers.
Were it not I had family,
I would have wandered in starvation,
in rags,
in desolation,
isolation,
a dervish, a gypsy, a vagabond,
nomadic, poetic, troubadour,
an alchemist of the heart,
absorbing strangers misery,
sorrows and hurt,
and returning a poem.
W.E.
lonerloaner 
Poignant. Nicely penned!
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