Shadows
What does a shadow mean?Is it just something that is seen?
Is a shadow pleasant or dreadful?
Or is it something that can be helpful?
It feels like bliss for a wanderer with tired feet
When caste by a tree in fiery scorching heat
We adore earth's shadow in the curves of the moon
An oasis we crave for, in the deserts of dune.
It stays with me like my best buddy
Even when I'm lonely or my nerve is not steady
But it abandons me and goes out of sight
In darkness, when I need a smallest ray of light
We treat darkness as evil and light as divine.
Worship the sun, the moon, and the stars that shine
It is the darkness, which we really fear.
Without light, we feel lost and insecure.
So is shadow my darker side?
Ready to unleash like a wicked tide
Masquerading as a friend around me you hover
The light within me, you wish to overpower
But, when I go closer to a light
The silhouette expands its might
As I walk towards my shadow
It appears harmless and mellow
Oh shadow, are you a really a friend or a foe?
I beg of you and I really need to know.
You are with me in happiness and doom
Tempting me away from light, you engulf me in gloom.
It is the radiance with which I want to adhere
Good traits I want to develop and share
The darker side of me is ever ominous
But I have the valor to stay luminous
My darker side is always around to make me realize
That I can keep falling in an abyss, or control and rise
With self perseverance and belief I will perform good action
Without falling to the vanity of my own creation
Poetry by Rishi
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Written on 2007-08-05 at 01:54
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