A Recipe for Detaching a Shadow

Take everything you remember.
Add what you can see.
From the jar of all your knowledge
scoop with teaspoons
until you reach the bottom.

Knead the mixture long.
And when the ingredients
have become one whole,
add all your imagination,
a little of your own silence
and everything you love in others.

Then sprinkle generously
with the scent of your future
and serve with a smile
to the first person you meet.

When the chance breakfast is over
and the stranger leaves,
your shadow will follow him
into the beautiful sunny day.