A Mere Shadow

* My beloved readers (Ok, a bit corny of an addressing but I wasn't sure what to put.), I had my English teacher tell me maybe I should put this up for a poetry contest. It needs to be edited and all that but this is the rough draft, reading it, do you think I should? It would mean a lot if you told me what you think! Thank you!
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Veiled in shadows,
I am no more,
I wait here, wondering,
What I'm waiting for.

Clothed in darkness,
What am I?
Waiting year after year,
Trying to uncover this lie.

Beauty in life
Is gone from me.
What purpose is there?
In waiting endlessly?

What am I
But a mere shadow?
Waiting forever,
Wondering if anyone will ever know.

Ah, but a ghost
Is better than I!
At least they are free,
Free to roam the sky!

Beauty in life
Has been stolen from me.
What purpose is there?
In waiting endlessly?

I am a nothing,
Keeping no one's company,
Wondering, waiting,
For someone to notice me.

That is my life,
Oh, pity me!
For I wait forever, only
To become free.

Beauty in life,
Has been stolen from me,
What purpose is there?
In my waiting forever, endlessly?