Afternoon Shadow

Her shadow crossed his storefront everyday.

She never paused once, or glanced to notice,

The man inside who had fallen in love;

With this beautiful women he hoped to-

Share his life with, if he could just get her

Attention he would introduce himself.

His heart began to ache realizing

This is just a fools infatuation

Then one day as he was closing the store,

There she was just as he hoped for, real.

By Lorraine Stark