As I walk to my bus
I spot my shadow
Following me
Where ever I go.
I have decided to get a pet puppy
When I enter the door to the pet store
The shadow slips in unseen
I wonder how it never bores.
I feel funny
To have a follower
Growing when I grow
Crying when I cry
Laughing when I laugh.
Changing when I change.
I have gone to my soccer game
Playing my position
When suddenly,
I spot my shadow
Taking the same steps
Kicking the same kick.
I have visited a new store
Knowing me, that does not occur often
I have picked out a new shirt to wear
For I have grown out of my others
And I realize that my shadow is there
Choosing the same shirt.
Why can’t this shadow
Ever retire
And stop following me
And let me be different
And let me be myself?
I wonder…
–Dedicated to my friend S
