“Boy in the Window” by Elahzar Rao

In dark rooms I used to see the
lingering silhouette of a boy cut
into the daylight of the window.

He always disappeared as soon
as I pulled up the shade to tell
him to leave and never return.

And by the time I summoned him
he no longer appeared to me at all.
Yet I am certain those on the outside

of the bright rooms in which I now spend
my nightly hours still see the shape of
a boy cast upon the covered window.

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