He used to live with his shadow
When his mother refused to buy a pet, he used his flashlight and cast shadows on his room wall all the animals he was afraid of. When he came back from a long day at work, he looked tiredly at his canopy as he lay his heart on the floor.
And when the girl he had always loved left him, he climbed the stairs to the roof, bent on throwing his exile, but changed his mind when he saw how his canopy broke for him with every step.
As time passed, his shadow no longer comforted him, so his last attempt at drowning succeeded