Dancing careless
through the streets
in your flower dress
with music in your voice
and summer in your eyes.
Unnoticed by your light
I stand here in the shade
while you outshine the sun.
You laugh and flirt and talk
with a promise in your walk
to every heart that you have won.
You hardly notice they are won
focused as you are on you
while you outshine the sun.
Unnoticed by your light
yet drawn towards it too
I linger in your presence
as the summer wears on –
I see each bait pass by you
on and on and on again
and envy each and every one
although they are forgotten
and discarded in a moment
by your lightness.
I see you move and move and move
and never cease a second.
I’ll follow till my legs give in
although you never see me.
I’m just the shade that needs be there
to balance out the light I see.
I’m just the shade unseen by light
behind you day and night.
Mine is the unknown love you’ve won
while you outshine the sun.