Streetlights drew our shadows on the ground
Two slender shapes that barely made a sound
Yet in that quiet something deep was found
A sense that I’d been seen and gently crowned
We walked past empty windows shuttered stores
Old echoes sleeping under hardwood floors
You told me tales of days and distant shores
And turned each corner into open doors
Your shadow leaned whenever I would bend
Refusing to abandon or pretend
It stayed beside me like a loyal friend
A vow that even darkness wouldn’t end
So when the lights go out and nights grow cold
I’ll trace our silhouettes in dreams I hold
For every step that fate has yet to bind
Your shadow will be standing next to mine