Shadows

Rorschach shadows,
threatening,
bleak,
lurk in life’s
dark corners.
Interpreting just what they mean
may determine
what they become.

Are those shadows
accurate,
reflecting something real?
Are they simply projections
of our fears,
and solid
encroaching
darkness?

They captivate;
they bind us
to what we think
they are.
We give them life,
then hide away
and never
turn on the light.

We must confront these chimerae:
they are, after all,
our own.
Our vision
of what they are
must brighten:
then they 
will fade away.