My Shadow

I am happy, roses are blooming,

there is sun on my face.

I look back, and see my shadow,

curious isn’t it, only light casts a shadow!

Sometimes, I face away, pretending it does not exist.

But sometimes, I go into the dark, 

there is no shadow now but emptiness, 

a hollow feeling, a dream, a longing, 

a cocktail of fears, a memory of pain, love,

so I come back to the light, a cheerful summer light,

there is happiness, kids playing, people laughing,

I embrace it, I play and I laugh,

yet when I look back - there it is, my shadow, my soul