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Page 49, Gregor and the Marks of Secret, by Suzanne Collins.
Shadows,
They are dark, and gray, and dreary.
Stay away from the shadows,
They will pull you in.
They are sometimes scary,
Cast upon your wall,
In the darkness of night.
They could be anything,
From monsters, to hats, to balloons.
Shadows,
Follow you around in the sun.
You can turn and turn and turn,
And they will still be there.
They can be tall or short,
Faded or bright,
Fat or thin.
But they will never leave you alone,
With the exception of Peter Pan.
Shadows,
Can not take you anywhere,
Except in Percy Jackson.
In Percy Jackson,
There is Shadow Travel.
You melt into the shadows,
To provide an escape.
Shadows,
From which monsters emerge.
From rats, to cockroaches,
To anything beneath your bed.
Never be surrounded by shadows,
That would be dangerous.
Shadows,
They can help you.
Hiding from enemy monsters.
Unless they have night vision,
You will be safe.
Shadows,
Do not lose yours.
If you do not have a Shadow,
Well, you are not human.
You could be in danger,
From monster hunters.
Go, find your Shadow,
Like Peter Pan.
If he found his, why can you not?
Shadows,
You do not need to steal.
All you need to do is look,
Not borrow, not take, only look.
You will find your Shadow.
With your Shadow,
You will find peace.
Shadows,
They protect you.
As long as you have yours,
It will guard you from the evils.
That is why we have shadows.
Without shadows,
This world would be chaos.
Shadows,
Protectors of peace.
Not the army, not angels, shadows.
Nothing protects us, only shadows.
The shadows only friend is the sun,
The sun makes shadows possible.
Shadows,
The enemy is the cloud,
The clouds cut off the sun,
Making shadows not existing.
To this day,
Shadow fights cloud.
Shadows,
Warn us of danger.
Sneaking person,
Cast a Shadow.
We can see their shadows,
Informing us of their presence.
Shadows,
From the dawn of time,
They have guarded us.
Till the end of time,
They will guard us.
Forever, in the stars,
They will guard us.
For all eternity,
They will guard us.
Shadows,
The weakness is the friend,
The sun.
If the sun is destroyed,
Shadow will be destroyed.
But,
Until space and time desides,
The sun must go,
Shadow will always be there.
Shadows,
In fantasy,
Shadows could be alive,
They could move,
They could have a purpose.
Some people think we are real,
But,
What if we are fantasy, too?
Are shadows alive?
Do shadows have a purpose.
Yes,
They are.
They protect us.
That is the only purpose they need.
Shadows,
They are scary,
They never leave you alone,
Monster emerge,
They will protect you.
Do not be scared,
Do not get rid of them.
If you get rid of them,
You need to be scared.
As we are fantasy,
There are no knights,
In shining armor.
Only shadows,
In knightly armor.
With Shadows,
You will find peace.
Your only protector,
The Shadow.