Shadow
written by: Branwen Rhiannon Drew
@BranwenDrew
Out for a walk.
Sun shining on my back.
Look down.
See a long leggy Shadow,
Long shadow hair moving,
Shadow dress billowing,
Shadow moves as
I move.
Lift my foot,
Shadow moves with me.
The shadow is my Shadow.
The Shadow is mine.
I now cast a
Woman’s Shadow.
I no longer appear
as a Shade.
Branwen Rhiannon Drew is a poet and an award winning artist. Her poetry and art are inspired by her journey into emerging as the authentic woman is that she now shows to the world and by the world around her. Branwen is a 71-year-old trans woman, living in the beautiful Mohawk River Valley of Upstate New York, in Rome, NY. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Biology from Cornell University and a Master of Science degree in library and information sciences from Drexel University.
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