Contemplation!

"Being scared of moment

When your shadow confronts you

And asks you questions

Of your own believes

Slams your morality and mortality

Acts of tête-à-tête, you had along in all those nights

Beneath darkness you found it still

For you needed to hold a hand

And when none other you held your own

Though a shadow, it did

Stood up and caressed your back

Kissed you, loved you deep

Yet you overlooked it, for

There came light at dawn

And fearing what would world think

You broke up with your own shadow

At the tranquil hours of sunrise,

The very moment it urged for you to love it back

Pretending as if nothing happened ever

You walked past poor shadow at your feet

Believed you had sunlight to carry you along

Those rainbows, over hills and woods

Alas! You forgot there would come dusk soon back again

And it would be as dark as death himself

And you would have none other than your shadow

One you left behind, oh dear!

A ray of light is more to make you realize

Darkness is permanent, light is passing, and then

Will you be sorry, or will you confront

Will you embrace it being sorry, or

Order it to follow you forward? And, then it would laugh

It laughs out loud and mocks you

It knows no other way, not any mild

For shadows of darkness are harsh

They make us peek into own eyes

And confront own self,

You would have no choice but to listen,

As one listens to prayers, before being hanged

With a sense of dread."

By : Praveen Parasar

Date: 08/07/2015