One lives in shadow, one walks in light,
Two silent brothers who share every night.
They share the same closet, the same secret place,
One almost vanishes, one shows his face.

One is the darkness, one catches the sun,
Yet where one may wander, there follows the one.
For neither remembers which brother came first,
Or which found the other when they entered this earth.

They share every beginning.
They’ll share every end.
Something much deeper than brother or friend.

For light makes a shadow wherever it goes,
And darkness needs light—.

But only they know.

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[–] 9 points 18 hours ago

And both are telling me you havenʻt fed them.

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  • [–] 6 points 19 hours ago

    If I were the photographer, I’d play with shadow and light all day long and never get any matching done!

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  • [–] 5 points 16 hours ago*

    White is Shadow and black is Light, right?

    I think that would be a delight.

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  • [–] 5 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

    ...would their names happen to be 'Ebony' and 'Ivory' by chance?

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    [–] 1 point 2 hours ago

    Yeah yeah, we all remember Ceiling Cat and Basement Cat.

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