Shadow Response

Guillame Apollinaire's 'Shadow' is about a veteran's memories of the war, seemingly condensed into an ever present aura with the narrator. The poem starts out with the narrator feeling leery toward the shadow, "The changing form of my shadow/An Indian hiding in wait throughout eternity/shadow you creep near me". The piece then morphs into a setting where the narrator embraces the presence of the shadow, "But I hear you I see you still/Destinies/Multiple shadow may the sun watch over you/You who love me so much will never leave me".