Her Shadow Poem by Cecil (cj) Krieger

Her shadow
Was long, dark and slender
Wherever she would go
It would gently follow

When nighttime came
I'd watch her shadow fall away
Layer by layer before hiding
Under a goose down blanket

I was in awe
At the way her shadow
Floated down the street
On the way to work

Or playfully waved
And sometimes joined
By other silhouettes
Along the boulevard

But at the end of the day
When darkness filled the night
I was the one she chose
To replace her shadow