[ WP ] Everybody 's shadow reveals their true character . Some are monsters , others are furry animals . You have no shadow .

Emotions and intentions 
 
 Show through upon the face. 
 
 Our actions and inventions 
 
 May grant us pride of place. 
 
 The pain that we have known 
 
 is displayed in all our scars. 
 
 It is the shadow alone 
 
 That tells what we really are. 
 
 I have seen so many shadows 
 
 Over all of my years. 
 
 It seems the darkness knows 
 
 Our thoughts, feelings, and fears. 
 
 Some take the form of beasts, 
 
 while others look like trees; 
 
 A wise man can learn at least 
 
 something from what he sees 
 
 In someone's shadow on the ground, 
 
 revealing things, unbidden, 
 
 Until at last the sun goes down, 
 
 and our true selves are hidden. 
 
 But something plagues my mind: 
 
 as I face the setting sun, 
 
 and I turn to look behind 
 
 for a shadow, I see none. 
 
 Am I a mere blank slate? 
 
 Does my inner self not show? 
 
 Why am I in this state? 
 
 These things I need to know.
