burst of light

your shadows are as deceptively

quick against

hands as

you while in shadows they

snap like whips and have such speed

as little wings who

hold still and never stop as fast as they can.

while one moves between i and

each light we feel like we switch eyes;

when the object is gone more shadows are made.

we achieve depth and

perceive where shadows meet somewhere

past where light strikes

and birds and hands simply do these things

outside and on ceilings