Shadows

A fleeting shadow on the wall

Flicking unsteadily

You’re nothing more.

Never good in anything

Tagging behind

Second best in everything.

You do what he does

When he moves you move

Where’s your backbone

You dependent fool!

Just a dark figure on the wall

Gone unnoticed

You’re nothing more.

He’s the person, real and true

You’re the image

which sticks like glue.

When twilight comes

and the sun goes down

Like mists you vanish

Without a sound

Without a trace

Gone unnoticed

to where shadows abound.

"Shadows" by E.Y