Shadow Keeper Poem by Trevor Seery

I am the Shadow Keeper, with you through the night, flashing in the window and along the stair flight,
See me sometimes, sometimes maybe not,
I will make you paranoid until the darkness …stops,
When a curtain moves or a sheet blows I will obey,
The shadow lands are here to stay,

I am your Shadow Keeper, locked inside your head, until the darkness falls and you are in your bed,
Is the light on? , is it off? , your eyes are closed so tightly you cant tell whats what,
creeping along your wall and over that lampshade, I could have taken your soul,
But I chose to fade,

I am a Shadow Keeper, released only at night, until you close your eyes when I am out of sight,
I see you through your peeping fingers, when you least expect,
That flash its me, seen in the mirror reflect,
A sheet will not hide my presence,
Wait for dawn to come, what remains is my essence,

I am their Shadow Keeper, I disappear without a trace, into oblivion and the beyond of outer space,
Once upon a time I used to have a mind, but its all gone now… forever in rewind,
When the dusk begins to fall on a stormy moonlit night, it is the perfect time of shadow light,

I was the Shadow Keeper once seen by all but now I am invisible except against a wall..! ! !