I thought I saw my shadow on the wall
Dancing in a light that time had dimmed-

Or it may have been the sea that saw it last
As it played and hid among the curling waves.

They say a ghost is nothing but a shade of life gone by.
Perhaps I saw a ghost some years ago-

Although it may have only been a shade
Of a life unknown that I once lived.

If there ever comes a time when all my days are done
And time has chipped away at all desire,

My shadow will be gone before my sight-
For death will steal our shadows, yours and mine.