I didn’t ask to be this way

This is simply what I was born to do

I got assigned an unfortunate job- catering to ungrateful you

Following you around is tiring

What a boring life you lead

I don’t ask for much from you but I long to be freed

I want a shadow family

With a herd of shadow pets

I want my own houses and a fleet of private jets

I can’t make choices

Dependent on your life

What a toxic relationship- full of one-way strife

I yearn to be untethered

Set me loose to bask and graze

Don’t like your personality, I’d rather have a holiday

I wish you were like Peter

Peter Pan was kind to his shadow

Likewise, I’d like a loan of free time to keep or at least borrow

You are selfish in your ways

Needing a constant bodyguard

But here I am getting paid peanuts for a job this hard

As every shadow agrees

I don’t care at all for light

I say turn off the sun so I can be free at night

We account for more than half the earth

Yet all we are is forgotten and shunned

Acknowledge the labor that allows you the luxury of freedom

Acknowledge your status

As it relates to mine own

You’re so blinded, you can’t figure out, you’re the one on the throne