Shadows in the Shade

Are you sure that’s what happened in the shadows?

🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛

She lived on the same street

Never blinked at the sound of sirens.

Said her mother taught her

Curtains tell secrets

If you watch

Silhouettes in the shade.

🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛

She called me Shadow.

Said I was born in stealth.

We crept along walls

Jumped into gardens

When neighbours weren’t looking.

🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛

Then–

A scream cut short.

Movement in the window

Behind the shades.

🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛

Was it one?

Or two?

Them?

Or us?

🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛

Perhaps–

Our silhouettes.

Scaling the windows

The case is cold.

The shades are drawn.

But I still see the Shadow.

🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛

Hear it.

🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛

Scream.

🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛

Scream.

Sometimes I wonder if they remember me–

Or that.

I remember–if I can.

🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛🕵️‍♀️ ⬛ 🕵️‍♂️ ⬛ 🕵️ ⬛

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