Among the dry grass

Your shadow walks first, you follow slowly behind. Sunlight falls only between the dry grass.

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Late Frost

Suddenly sitting at the corner of the yard, looking at the sunflower, its shadow walked into the darkness all by itself.

Beyond

On the cement floor that had been sunbaked all day, the evening shadow has already settled in. Along with it, the shadow of the persimmon tree branches stretching over the wall beyond.

Ebb

To you, when you pass by the yard where the afternoon sunlight lies long on the ground, I suppose that shadow walks along with you.

Alongside

Whenever the old dog set its paws on the asphalt, the grandmother beside it would match its pace. Until their shadows split into two.

Shimmer

There was a path that sent its shade ahead before you walked it. The puppy I saw last autumn was like that too.

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