Shadow On My Soul

This poem was inspired by several feelings, emotions, and situations I was dealing with at the time. It reflects my feelings of unease but also hope for a better future. It is my hope that by sharing my "good" as well as my "bad" that it might bring others to realize they are not alone in their inner struggles.

Transcript

Hi Insight Timer community and thank you for joining me.

Today I would like to share a poem with you that I wrote in 2009.

It is inspired by a time in my life where I was navigating through a lot of feelings,

Emotions,

And situations and just trying to figure things out.

This poem is called Shadow on My Soul.

There's a shadow on my soul.

It's been growing for a while now.

It's a shadow of old hurts,

Anger,

And broken trust.

I want to shed my shadow.

I want to peel it down to expose the beauty of innocence again.

I carry so much anger.

Anger at myself that I never learn to trust again.

I am chained and shackled in my own prison.

The prison I live in within myself.

How long my sentence is I don't know.

When will I be released only God can tell.

Freedom.

My God,

My God,

Let my freedom ring.

Set my soul,

Set my imprisoned soul free.

One day I know I will look up to the sky above,

The birds in the trees,

And the grass under my feet,

And I will feel free.

One day I will shed my shadow and my soul will breathe.

I also want to add that I left this poem exactly as I wrote it without editing or changing anything because I felt that it was a genuine reflection of how I was feeling at the time.

Thank you.