Not so long ago, there was this
timid girl who always hated the light because the moment the lights empowers
the world, her shadow followed her. She didn’t exactly hate the light but she
blamed the light for the appearance of her shadow. As she would describe the
ugly dark shadow of her, she hated the fact that shadow copied her every move,
she detested the fact that it reflects everything she does, she despised shadow
for a reason that it is an exact replica of her, she reviled the ugly truth that
it will never leave her alone until she leaves the world. She refrained from
doing anything with the fear that her shadow will copy. She punished the shadow by standing still;
she would stay in one corner hiding from her own shadow.
When the sun waves goodbye to
the day and submerged behind the farthest mountain, a girl’s smile beamed on
her face. Though her happiness was temporary, she would enjoy the moment in the
absence of her shadow. She loved her privacy, she loved her OWN time and she
wished that shadow will vanish forever from her life.
One beautiful day, she saw a
kitten chasing its own shadow, running and playing with it. Even with nobody around
kitten looked very contended and happy with the simple assurance that its
shadow is forever with it.
A girl looked at her own shadow
and saw a dark and thin shadow standing still with shoulder hung as if it has
been heavily loaded, as if it is carrying the whole world’s pain. “Oh my god!”
with the utter shock she covered her mouth with her little hand and saw shadow
doing the same. She became curious and moved right, the shadow moved right and
when she stops it stops, then she raised her left hand up and waved and saw
shadow doing the same. She jumped with the excitement and started dancing and
saw her shadow doing exactly the same.
That day a girl realized that
she wasn’t running away from her shadow but herself. Loved one might leave,
friends might betray, others might hurt but shadow will do no harm and stay
with you forever. Shadow plays when you play, laugh when you laugh, run when
you run, fly when you fly, dance when you dance and cry when you cry but never
leaves you even when it is dark, its just that you don’t see it. It stays with
you forever. From that day onwards shadow became her best friend and she
stopped running away from the shadow and herself.
And she lived happily ever
after.
THE END J J J
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