Oh shadow, oh shadow
Please be dear to me
When mummy is yelling
Never let that be me

Darken my face, but never my heart
Cut out darlings, leave me the art
Shape my emotions, then my ideas
Be nothing more than necessary fears.
Oh shadow, oh shadow
Please be dear to me
When our children need courage
Don’t make a fool out of me.
Show me the dark in its twisted ways.
Rub my heart clear from what ego says.
Twirl my soul, heighten its mystery
Be nothing less than good history
Oh shadow, oh shadow
Please be dear to me
When we learn
How to let go
Our world is free.
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