Sonnet For The Shadow

• Frances Albers, Grade 10, Padua College
• Poetry
• 2010

Finalist in the 'Word Express 2010' competition

Oh my loyal silhouette protector
Staining my walls in movement’s insistence
Every action are you the reflector
You are the echo of my existence.
To the third dimension are you immune
Be bound only by luminescent rays
Modestly disguised in a black costume
A dainty outline is all she displays.
Flickering lights be your partners in dance
Your waltz free from emotion or violence
Sound does not escape your light-stolen stance
For eternity you roam in silence.
The other half of my reality
Is your transparent immortality.