It is shadows we fear.

Virginia Woolf wrote: “I feel all shadows of the universe multiplied deep inside my skin.”

SHADOWLAND BY NANCY AVERY DAFOE 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 29

Hair flying, arms extended, bodies fluid, we merged—your shadow and mine—when you ran past. Tapping the tips of your fingers together in sign language for wanting more, you were asking to see again your …