The shadow that
came across today
Looked as someone
known to me
Though he didn’t
stop me en-route
My soul refused
to move
Saying it wanted
to have some conversation
I said I didn’t have
time
Life had become
so spontaneous
That when a day
became so routine I never knew
I would chart my
ways, visit places
Sometimes, I
would have introductions
Sometimes, it
would be about exploring things
But more or
less,
It was all in
the known and familiar realms
Realms that
would be in conversation
Sometimes
mutual, sometimes solitary
And a shadow
would always stay with me
That I so spontaneously
thought was mine
I was where I
thought I needed to be
It was as my
days were
I always thought
there was a silent commitment
Between my soul
and my shadow
And that we all
were in harmonious coexistence
But the shadow
that stopped me today
Way belying this
My soul today
refused to hear me
While talking to
that shadow
That looked like
a past connection
Raising
questions,
That the shadow
following me could not answer..
©SantoshChaubey
