*Dystopian poetry by Sam Oldman. Soundscapes and images are created with AI.*

Made My Shadow

I made my shadow
long before the system
claimed me.

I stepped out of my light
to be unseen,
to stay sane,
to be vain,
to hide.

I made my shadow
outside of me,
carved it
choosing darkness
as my cold chisel.

In my mind I swore
this shadow was keeping me
from spreading my wings,
from flying.

It really wasn’t.

Little did I know
about balance.

How could I have
with my limits?
I was not born ready.
I was never ment to be done.

My shadow,
that I gardened outside of me,
grew too vast for me to keep.

I didn’t know,
though I thought
I knew it all—
this darkness,
these roots
never pinned me down.

My shadow,
carved from a muddy menace,
was the only thing
keeping me grounded.

Rooted
in the garden.

WHAT IS HUSH HALO?
Hush Halo is a dystopian sci-fi poetry collection set in a near-future shaped by technology, silence, and optimized perfection. Each poem is paired with a unique soundscape created by poet, in Suno. Learn more in Square One.

Context: After the Great Optimization, a privileged group integrated into the system, believing they had now perfected themselves.

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