My grandma used to recite this to me when I was little because I was always following her everywhere, clinging to her side most of the time. It's how I got the name Shadow Girl.
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Shadow
I have this little Shadow,
Who tags along with me,
it dogs each step that I take
Everywhere I want to be.
The only time I shake it,
Is on a cloudy day,
And even when the sun is gone,
Shadow is not far away.
It's waiting 'til the sun comes out,
And I step out my door,
Then Shadows takes a hold of me,
And follows me once more.
That surely is the reason,
For shade that I seek out,
That gives me the relief I need,
While Shadow hides to pout.
Like some small child; sent to it's room,
In hot tears and disgrace,
Until I finally move along,
Then Shadow takes it's place.
It's the only thing that sticks by me,
Through good times and through bad,
So that really on a cloudy day,
No Shadow makes me sad.
<3 From Nanna Dodie
06/18/2003