Summary
The web content titled "Shadows Beyond Paradise" presents a reflective poem about the author's experience of finding peace in a place called "Porch" and their contemplation of the unknown challenges, referred to as "Shadows," that await them upon returning to the Mainland.
Abstract
The poem "Five more days" captures the tranquility the author has found in a location known as "Porch," where they have been sitting in an Aloha-style, on a lanai above the street, in a place whose name signifies a sweet voice or the sound of the sea. This serene setting in "Paradise" has provided the author with a sense of peace. However, there is an undercurrent of anticipation as the author acknowledges the unseen "gremlins" or "Shadows" that might confront them once they leave this idyllic place for the Mainland. The poem contrasts the calmness of the current environment with the uncertainty of what lies ahead.
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Two weeks
Front “Porch” Sitting
Aloha-Style, on the lanai above the street
whose name means “sweet voice or echoing sea”,
has brought me Peace
in Paradise.
Don’t know what gremlins
await me on the
Mainland.
Shadows, I suppose.
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