My Shadow

from I Have a Little Shadow by Steve Klaper, Caitlin M.G. Klaper

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My Shadow
by Robert Louis Stevenson

I have a little shadow
that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him
is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me
from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me,
when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him
is the way he likes to grow
Not at all like proper children,
which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller
than an india‑rubber ball,
And sometimes he’s so little
that there’s none of him at all.

He hasn’t got a notion
of how children ought to play,
And can only make a fool of me
in every sort of way.
He stays so close beside me,
he’s a coward you can see;
I’d think shame to stick to nursie
as that shadow sticks to me

One morning, very early,
before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew
on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow,
like an arrant sleepy‑head,
Had stayed at home behind me
and was fast asleep in bed.

credits

from I Have a Little Shadow, released November 1, 2004
Art by Anne Costello

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Hazzan-Maggid Steve Klaper Oak Park, Michigan

Hazzan Steve Klaper is a Jewish troubadour -- a spiritual storyteller, minstrel and teacher. An ordained Cantor, Maggid and teacher of Torah, Steve draws upon his Orthodox Jewish roots and over 40 years experience as a professional musician, infusing traditional Jewish teachings with melodies, sacred tales and wisdom from a variety of traditions -- ancient teachings that feel somehow familiar. ... more