Shadow

If you are a sibling, you’d find being a shadow of your brother or sister rather familiar. Despite your achievements, you’re somehow never able to compare with him or her. 

Being a little shadow is a painful feeling. You feel as though you don’t count for anything or are capable of doing anything well in the eyes of others. 

If the feeling of being overshadowed overwhelms you, remind yourself that you have skills that surpass the person who casts a shadow over you.

Everyone has weaknesses as well – keep in mind what you can do, and focus on your strengths. Keep your goals doable and realistic. Be kind to yourself and don’t compare yourself with others – you do you. Challenge the negative self-talk and know that you can forge your own path. 

Enjoy these cinquains. 

Little 

Shadow cringes

In the corner of the 

Huge legs of another big form

That block

Little 

Shadow must come

Out of the dark and grow

Big like the huge form which covers

Itself

It knows

What its small hands

Can form with its fingers

And craft with the palms that it knows

To form

Little 

Shadow now big

Stands proud beside the form

Of its bigger, taller sibling

As proud.