The Shadow
by Robert G Parent


The poem, The Shadow, asks the question what is the shadow. Well, you cannot have light without casting a shadow, which is a representation of an object. A shadow of a tree is not the tree but tells us of the tree's existance. Take this metaphor for who we are in relation to the highest One God. We are not God just a representation of God and this is what I think "let us make man in our image" means. An image of an object is not the object.

We identify with these physical bodies and they are useful to do work here on the physical plane of existence, but we are not our bodies. Our bodies are a shadow of the real. Our bodies are how The One God works in this physical dimension. We are like an avatar of the One God.

This poem is from my book, The Black Book, which can be found on Amazon.com. You can find and purchase any of my books on
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When you read The Black Book, I suggest you do so with a pen and notebook as you ponder each poem to find out what it has to tell you. We inspire each other to the greatness of the One God. It's like that poem from Robert Frost called A Tuft of Flowers,
"Men work together,' I told him from the heart,
'Whether they work together or apart.'
In other words, we need each other.