A SHADOW
I wonder why it keeps following me,
I think it has nothing else to see.
At times it stands as tall as a giraffe,
Sometimes it's as small as a dwarf.
I've sometimes heard people say,
That your shadow never goes away.
But I've sometimes wondered why oh why,
Shadows always disappear when the moon is high.
Always remember fear not your shadow,
More than others across the meadow.
For your shadow cannot do you any harm
But with others you'll always need to be calm.
2016
Sri Lankan poet Amana Ifthikar Fawaz, who describes herself on her LinkedIn profile as 'a stay at home mom,' is also a freelance journalist who has published articles in Chokolatte, Sri Lanka's leading youth-oriented lifestyle magazine.
Fawaz is also the author of SINCE NINETEEN91, a book of philsophical observations self-published on Amazon in October 2017.
Use the links below to visit the Kindle eStore of Sri Lankan poet and journalist AMANA IFTHIKAR FAWAZ and to read more of her poems on the Poetry Soup website (where she is identified as Fathima Amana Fawaz):
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poems_poets/poems_by_poet.aspx?ID=81538
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