SHADOW

Behind a man, always is his shadow
Walketh he, walketh the shadow too
Stood he, stood the shadow too
Seated he, seated the shadow too
Doth a man a thing, doth his shadow too
But only doeth this duet in the light

In the dark, a shadow is no more
In the dark, the shadow disappears
What has the shadow with light and not with darkness?
The shadow appears in the light because light is true
The shadow is a reflection, then, of man’s truthfulness
The shadow, though silent all the time, reveals a man

In the light is the other man unveiled
The other self of man surfaces at a time
But only in the light
Thus, man’s shadow concurs not with darkness
Thus, ’tis opposed to the dark
A friend of light is the shadow; truth attract each other

If shadows are seen only where light is
Then, as light is true and dwells not in any hidy-hole
A shadow is, too.

-GMK