A Shady Kyrielle

[Christina O Phillips]

Everyone has more than one
“the one” in their lives who have made
shadows cast over what could be;
no one can thrive beneath the shade.

In any life there is the one
who got away, we hoped had stayed
longer and they’re held over you;
no one can thrive beneath the shade.

Then there’s the one they never had
a chance to try, a game unplayed;
they get their own pedestal, too;
no one can thrive beneath the shade.

We have the one we end up with
overshadowed by doubts others made
so what chance does that leave us with?
No one can thrive beneath the shade.

[DATo]

Very nice kyrielle Christina. I particularly like the second stanza - the effect of one who has gone being as oppressive as the one who stayed (fourth stanza).

oooops! .... second sentence of the last paragraph has 9 syllables. Shhhhhhh, I won't tell anyone *L* How about o'reshadowed ?

[Christina O Phillips]

Oops. Oh, well, even with the mistake Writer's Digest still recognized it.
But thank you. For future printings, I will probably use "o'reshadowed."

[Jaime Lync]

This is quite thought provocative...Nice share.

[Christina O Phillips]

Thank you, Jaime. I was nervous to share my work here so it's comforting to get kind replies.