Where Shadows Fall

Behold the shadow at my back As to the sun I face, Just there behind and keeping track And all my deeds to trace... As if a witness without eyes With records safely kept, Of when I woke and then to rise And then returned and slept... Behold the shadow at my side As by the sun I stood, As if it were my conscience guide Alerting to God's good... As if a comfort on the way, Companion, soulmate, friend... Forever with me day-by-day Until life's journey's end... Behold my shadow dead ahead As from Earth's sun I walk, To meet the Lord, the One who bled... Once there, with Christ to talk... My spirit body starts to glow... Now perfect without flaw! Then my fading, faithful shadow Bids, 'Good-bye' forever more...