Shadows Fly
Two souls, shadows attached,
silhouettes on the ground
“My shadow can fly!”
-Says who?
“Says I!”
-You’re crazy.
“Says who?”
-Says I.
One figures imagination
having no bounds
“You’ve no imagination.”
-Says who?
“Says I.”
-Prove it then.
“Ok, I will.”
-Ha! In a pig’s eye.
The others imagination
too facts usually found
“Grass will be sky.”
-Says who?
“Says I.”
-Green sky?
“Just watch it fly.”
-Ok, I’ll try.
Running, leaping into the air,
one shadow flies in green sky
no longer earthbound.
-My shadow, too, can fly.
“Says who?”
-Says, I !!
Two shadows fly now
in a waving sky of green
laughter resounds
as their feet leave the ground.
Imagination unbound !
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Submitted on February 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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