Dear Shadow,

I used to be in love with you. You were my enemy. You were beautiful.You were the reflection cast onto the wall or the street, you had rhythm and anonymity and you were simply all I wanted to be but never would.

Then… I don’t know what happened. These days I don’t envy you. You reflect me in strange ways that I don’t like. I began to turn toward the mirror. 

But sometimes I still feel very glad for your existence. You keep me company when I take a walk and it starts getting dark. And I… I would be rather lost without you.