Shadow Self

              The Positive Way

            The roots of the tree that entangles itself with the roots

              of surrounding trees in the dark mysterious soil

              is the shadow-self of the visible tree that reveals itself

              upward into the light of day - proudly self-aware.

             My shadow-self extends itself downward, trusting

             no longer entangled with the phenomena of the visible world

             it is the apophatic self of me, that from the corner of my eye

             allows me to see the Presence hidden in the Cosmos.