Shadows

If you allow me

to use him in plural?

Him as he’s mine, but

do I belong to him or

is it him who possesses me?

Plural as in multiple coz

from my view I see

one, as from your

perspective we should determine

if it is the same you perceive.

-  for the attentive reader,

    we’re talking about shadows -

Influenced by backgrounds and soils

he’s wearing shades of grey (sic) (*)

or black and at nightfall

he tends to disappear.

Is he following me or do I

precede him?

His behavior tends to imitate,

he walks, runs, jumps, hangs,

he grows and shrinks as

in a dance, one step

to the left, one step

to the right.

What about his gender or

shall I say her?

I tend to see him as my

naked reflection but clearly

he loves to wear a hat

as I do.

Depending on my moods

I sometimes want to

trample or coddle

him, her, them, but it

does not seem to affect it

at all.

- noticed the change of pronoun?

  sure you did! -

Once I’m in the spotlight

he multiplies himself as

a majestic plural…

We your shadow!

(*) the author is fully aware that the use of some expressions is maybe not done but in this case he blames those who suggest a different content to a very innocent color description  

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