A Pair Of Shoes

I tried to walk from my shadow
My feet faltered...
My shadow stopped     hesitated
shuffled his feet

One pair of shoes stayed behind

He wanted
to build up     volume
but every time his feet neared light
they     disappeared

The shoes remained hollow

I watched
from a distance
I was going to lose
if I couldn't subdue Shadow
And what about this
strange fight for my shoes...
Winter was coming
and it would be cold

He frantically moved along the wall
his     long     legs     slid
     across the floor

The shoes remained stoically
in their place     unused

I dived
struggled with Shadow     and won
captured him in the shoes
now filled with     darkness

I can never use them again
I face the cold with shoeless feet
don't feel them      anymore
they may     fall off
or become      relics