My goodness ... you're perceptive! -- (I didn't really think anybody would catch that so I dismissed it as filler) -- :9

>the three steps behind his shadow could be interpreted as grandfather(1step) father(2steps)
>child(3steps). child being you?

My writings can be so eclectic sometimes, one never really knows "where" I'm comin' from -- :P

But I appreciate your delving into the translation/interpretation.