Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ESCAPE, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON


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First Line: Shadows, shadows
Last Line: Profound.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Shadows


Shadows, shadows,
Hug me round
So that I shall not be found
By sorrow;
She pursues me
Everywhere,
I can't lose her
Anywhere.

Fold me in your black
Abyss,
She will never look
In this, --
Shadows, shadows,
Hug me round
In your solitude
Profound.





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