Shadow Man

There is a shadow so tall
he stretches through the forest
and when the last leaf falls
the wind will bring him torment.

At night he hides inside the darkness
but when the sun peaks overhead
the shadow thins into a crest;
the tallest man in the world instead.

Lost to the wills and the whims
of the slowly sinking day,
the shadow man will purge the sins
of all those who lost their way.

And as the creatures wandering began
under the forest and the bright sky
the shadow man will follow them
until the shallow breathing of night.