The unspoken entity that follows me daily, follows most everyone. Whether it be upon my back, burdoning me with its weight, heavy in emotions and dark thoughts...or at a distance, hidden but felt easily. The darkness....that is the beast's shadow. While its shadow may weigh heavily upon any who fall prey to its feel, the beast itself is a force to be reckoned with. Those that have fought off the beast know that even being in its pressence is the lowest that they have ever found themselves within the depths of their mind. However, those that have only experianced it's shadow, also known as the darkness, know that the beasts shadow is not easily dealt with either. So we must drudge on until we find a moment in which we might escape the beast and it's shadow all together.