My Shadow

a poem by Himani Arora

With the soothing swirls of wind on that sunny Sunday
on that lonely beach
I found myself alone
Standing on the lonely beach, I found my shadow is playing with me
Sometimes it moves behind me
and sometimes it’s ahead of me
But it never left me alone

A thought came and it winded around my head and heart as it said
I may not meet my shadow everyday
but it stays with me, always
In dusty haze, in frozen winters, in sunny summers
In times of grief… in times of happiness
In times of failures, in times of success!!
It was there, yes it was there, always
without letting me know, that it cares!!

I don’t know what is it made of, the shadow…
Is it My shadow, or an angel of Almighty who followed me
Everywhere!
Is it my imagination or a concealed truth of life
I don’t know!!

But whatever it is, it always makes me feel
that I can never be alone in this world
even at the deadliest ends, even at the darkest street of the world
even if the whole world stands against me
It will never ever leave me, never…

Only God knows, what it is
My shadow or shadow of His/Her own with me!

There is definitely a supernatural power
which takes care of all of us everywhere and everytime…
its upon us, that whether we realise it or not… in our lifetime…