Shadows by Night

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Night (time) and the unknown bring to so many of us worry that we can neither control or dispell. So why do we attempt to understand it so? Might as well try to lasoo a tornado...at least you can see the tornado...guess you can see shadows too, but you cannot see fright. So cast off worry, and cling strong to hope...and the one who authors hope.

Shadows by Night

Ugliness of dreams at night,
        becomes harmless in daylight.

By night, shadows grow short,
  light of day, they get so long,
why then do we fright,
  from small squeaks at night.

In darkness our shadows melt,
  never quite sure, who’s is who’s,
sinister as we can conceive,
  it’s only crazy make believe.

Rest your weary head now,
  dream like never before,
sleep silent angel, go to sleep
  let heaven, safely keep.

Rid yourself, such foolish thoughts,
  tomorrow’s worries are enough,
revel in God’s goodness, delight,
  never worry, over shadows by night.
    © 2010 Randolph D. Brown, Jr.

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Rhymer commented on Shadows by Night

02-07-2010

Shadows by them themselves can be delt with, it was what lay behind the shadows that plagued my dreams. Wrote a poem titled Shadows you might enjoy 10 from me.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.

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