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Shadows dancing on a field of white

One by one

Masks they wear, secrets hide

Two by two

A ray of light, a glimpse beneath

Three by three, four by four and more

Colors they show, mysteries reveal

Partners they choose, masks exchange

Now one, another then

Patterns they form, a picture paint

Sea and sky, sun and stars

Fantasies they tell, glories recount

Hero and foe, creation and destruction

Blink but once, and all stills

Shadows frozen on that field of white