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Question:Can you please explain this poem? what are the major themes and key words? what is about and what can you understand from it ?
All answer are very welcome thank you.

I walk behind him,
caught
in his shadow.
I do not try to escape,
as he would like me to.
I do not see
who comes the other way
and greets us.

Furtively, I step out
from the carpet of his shadow.
The sun burns me,
and I resume my place.

But now I have seen
what he has hidden,
what he, walking along with me,
has not mentioned
despite his many words.
He has prevented me
from recognizing my sun.

I rebel against
the coldness of his shadow,
against the darkness.
I step out into the sun.
I stay there
until he disappears
with his shadow.

I walk alone
with my shadow,
a loose shawl, in front of me.
I throw it
across my shoulders,
afraid
a passer-by might
step on it
and get caught in it.

I turn into a street
that is wide and open.
Here, nobody walks
behind somebody else.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Can you please explain this poem? what are the major themes and key words? what is about and what can you understand from it ?
All answer are very welcome thank you.

I walk behind him,
caught
in his shadow.
I do not try to escape,
as he would like me to.
I do not see
who comes the other way
and greets us.

Furtively, I step out
from the carpet of his shadow.
The sun burns me,
and I resume my place.

But now I have seen
what he has hidden,
what he, walking along with me,
has not mentioned
despite his many words.
He has prevented me
from recognizing my sun.

I rebel against
the coldness of his shadow,
against the darkness.
I step out into the sun.
I stay there
until he disappears
with his shadow.

I walk alone
with my shadow,
a loose shawl, in front of me.
I throw it
across my shoulders,
afraid
a passer-by might
step on it
and get caught in it.

I turn into a street
that is wide and open.
Here, nobody walks
behind somebody else.

I take from it a strong feeling of selfesteem and selfworth. The man I am following wants me to be me, but I am too comfortable being helped, being shown, letting someone else do it. Once I have felt the sun I feel a new host of emotions and thoughts, and am no longer satisfied with the small fishbowl of a life I had before. With new horizons I also have fewer shelters and must learn to cope with more of life's obstacles and rewards. After turning onto a wide street, I believe I just grew up.
What a FANTASTIC poem? Is it yours? May I save it for rereading?

its very very good