like a shadow
cast on wall
sometimes
you have to step
back and remove
your sunglasses
or step forward
and adjust
your eyes
to see
what’s real
and what is not
© 2018 Melinda J. Irvine
Shadows on a Wall OR Fake News
Melinda J. Irvine is an Australian writer, poet, and blogger living between the Philippines and Australia. Mel is adopted mum to Jerry, a Filipino boy she met in 2015 while volunteering after Typhoon Yolanda. All the money she earns as a freelance writer and author get her one step closer to legally adopting Jerry — plus helping the other kids from his village go to school.