NaPoWriMo...Day Four

Write a poem today that illustrates your idea of what is inside-out.

I had the sense to stop at the sight of your shadow

It wasn't a shadow, no more than you are

It was storm clouds and rain-soaked waters

It walked upright, shade-fingers nimble and alive

You slid along the ground like a shadow

But not like a shadow because your shadow walked upright

You were dragged behind it, a Hector behind Achilles

It led you to dark places, where shadows live

You followed willingly, unwillingly

I stopped at the sight of your doppelgänger

I turned and left you on the ground,

your shadow upright, shade-fingers nimble and alive

I left the upside-down world where

You were on the ground, your shadow upright

And it dragged you to dark places where shadows live