Fleeting and undetailed portraits
of those who live here under this star.
Proof of our being in this dimension
without other souvenir.
Imperfect replicas perfectly simulating
the creatures of the light.
They could not exist without the light
of either star or moon
For only light and being can cast them
So why do we insist on thinking of them
as creatures of darkness?
When we are eclipsed
by shadows across the heart
Remember they were cast by the light
once shining so brightly there.
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