Life proceeds in shadows,
many shades of grey.
It’s all part of the learning curve
that destiny obeys.
We’re shadowed at the outset
by the phantoms of our past.
Then it is necessity
that keeps us in its grasp.
Finally we scramble
to tie up the floppy ends,
as the shadow of the future
tells us it will end.
In spite of the dark corners,
the sun is always there,
illuminating fortunes path
as we do or dare.