Lines of text on a page  
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