were running away From each other
The sun would bring us together And it would also push us apart
Sometimes I would end up shorter And sometimes my shadow
If I spoke, If I laughed If I hummed He was silent
When my heart pounded My arteries pulsed His heart did not beat His arteries did not pulse
Many times I walked behind him Many times he walked behind me And sometimes by my side
I didn’t truly know him, nor did he know me And when I fell in love My shadow would run away from me It wanted to walk behind my love
But I would be quicker My shadow would appear by my side And later in front of me It wanted to tell me that my back was to the sun I used to tell him My sun is different
Later I was afraid of it I was afraid it would expose The secrets of my heart My heart’s secrets were love and devotion
People were drowned in lust In deceit They did not care for love or faithfulness These were commodities nobody bought And if anyone possessed them He would be laughed at
They would evict him and his shadow From the garden They would take his flowers away And pluck away their petals on dust
Their verdict would be a life in hell For his crime of taking in esteem Love and devotion And the longings of his heart
At a time like that, my shadow would burn with wrath It would become shorter and then longer It would run away from the sun It would seek a shadow to melt in
And in the dark shadow It would pull me in And take me in its arms And my shadow and I would become one And would know each other for the very first time