Scared By My Own Shadow

I moved myself through the jungles alone Singing and whistling disorderly tunes I did not know someone was listening Marking me as a leopard does to a prey I listened to foxes haul in the distance As leaves hugged themselves in love But as I listened, he too listened closely He wondered the silent night as I did When I sat up, took off, he sat up and took off With a stick in my hand, he too with a stick Scared and worried, I jumped away and he did it With courage, I shot into the distance like a deer Little did know the wisdom of the stranger On my heels he was and fell on me as I did Scared by my own shadow, haunted by it As fool, I was scared by my own shadow