The Shadow...


As Victor Hugo once said "To think of Shadow is a serious thing."

What is a Shadow? Is it an extension of your soul? Is it the dark representation of your purer side? Or is it just a mirage, a fiction, a figment of your imagination? An illusion which you start believing in? Or is the Shadow, the one you take for granted till the time it's around. You see it next to you all the time, you are comforted by it's presence, it reassures you, it stands by you no matter what and yet at times due to it's intimate presence you even forget that it exists.
If at a metaphorical level you imagine a day as a lifetime or a period in your life then your Shadow is there with you for the better part of the day, around you, with you, and constantly in touch. During noon time, which can be taken as your peak you lose sight of it and shine in the spot light, the glory of the overhead sun. The Shadow is at it's closest, just below you, but you are blinded by the sun and the brightness around you.
The Shadow leaves you when everything is dark around you, or maybe it is dark because your Shadow is not there with you.You miss it the most, lament the time you took it for granted, yearn for it to come, but you know whatever you do it is not coming back then.
At the dawn of a new day the Shadow is the longest/largest , a time of new beginning, a passage from the dark into light, a time of joy and celebration. At that time it is the most significant and you are so aware of it's presence, you are so relieved to see it again, so overjoyed in it's presence. The Shadow is right ahead of you, leading the way as you march into a new day.
At dusk, the time just before it will be total dark and there will be no hope, the Shadow is yet again large, dark and forbidding. You need it the most, you miss it the most but you know it's just a matter of time before it will slip away. At that moment no matter what you do, what you say, you won't stop it from slipping away and will stand there looking at it fading away slowly. The Shadow is behind you and you are left staring, waiting for the blackness to come and envelop you, while you stand there all numb and mortified.

If you can't sleep, I'll be there in your dreams.
I'll be there in your dreams, if you can't sleep at all.
And in your dreams, I'll touch your cheek.
And lay my head on your shoulder.
Goodbye Shadow........

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