You are my shadow and I love you.
There’s only one small problem with that. You afford me little to no privacy. You’re never quiet and always in constant motion even if I’d like to stop just for a moment.
Shadowing is something I have had to get used to. It won’t last forever so I’ll remain grateful that you always show an interest in what I’m doing. Yes, even when I go to toilet and you rest your head on my lap.
I actually worry now when my shadow slips away from me. He is fast and ingenious knowing that the window of opportunity to create havoc is only open for a limited time. My shadow will try and sneak snacks from the cupboard, use scissors to cut something up into infinitesimal pieces or disappear without out a trace leaving me to comb the house and cajole him into rejoining me.
When night falls and it’s time to hit the hay, my shadow loves me making shadow puppets on the wall. The rabbit and the duck are favourites right now. As long as he doesn’t ask me to try and do a dinosaur we’ll be ok.
My shadow will eventually be content to cast his own shadow and that’ll leave me humming:
Me and my shadow
Strolling down the avenue
Oh, me and my shadow
Not a soul to tell our troubles to
And when it’s twelve o’clock we climb the stairs
We never knock ’cause nobody’s there
Just me and my shadow
All alone and feeling blue
I love my little shadow.
Image from: here.
Free Little Words 
What a beautiful post. I miss my shadows…a lot. Great job!
Thank you for stopping by and your kind words.
Oh can totally relate, especially when it comes to the toillet!!
At least they’re learning toilet habits when they come with you. Only trouble is they’re not learning that toilet business is normally done in private.
Ah yes!