Monday, October 22, 2007

Chasing the Shadow


Where ever I go my own shadow is always coming along with me. I tried to diceive it, by standing in the middle of huge shadow of a tree. But, when I come out of the shadow of a tree, my shadow again behind me. Why it is not leaving me alone? Is it a companion? or a devil? ...ah....still not sure.

Suddenly on one fine cloudy day I lost my shadow....!! :-( Tried hard to search for the shadow...but of no use. Wanted to run like a maniac to chase my shadow....but again of no use...!! Opened a science book, and found out that "a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light."

But on a cloudy day "light" was there...ofcourse....!! But the shadow does not...!! Again, kept on waiting one more sunny day to find my own shadow.

Its been a long journey with my shadow...from being a child to till now shadow is always grown large with me...I never noticed. But, why I want to look at my own shadow...what does it signifies..? why I am writing a blog on such a dumb thought. Even I am wondering too...!!

Dissolving a small shadow under a big shadow, always unacceptable and sad for me. Because, when it dissolves it looses its own identity. Nobody even knows that there are two shadows...may be more than that even unknown to me. But again,when cloud comes infront of Sun or light(!) on ground its a shadow of cloud which again captures all other small shadows. King of all shadows...!!

All the tiny shadows should wait till the big cloud showers and got itself melted. Then again tiny shadows will appear...as though they had won the war...!! But, at corner of mind they know that one day one more cloud will come and again destroys their existance. I feel pity on my "dynamic" small shadow.

But again...if some day if my shadow do not with me...I feel disappointed....as though lost something important in life...!!


Just wondering whether I am laughing looking at my shadow or my shadow is laughing at me...!! whatever...I want my shadow to be with me always... there is always a sunny day "tomorrow"...time to meet my own shadow again...!! Tomorrow always may not be sunny...but I will keep on chasing the shadow...!!

2 comments:

Complicated.. said...

Great!! Naveen nice "DRISTIKONA", and Pictures it self depict things....
Suggestion: Shadow!! description is good, but, "MESSAGE" Wat U r trying to convey is missing...(My Opinion)

Amrut said...

amazing man... Never does one really talk about a shadow.. Is it really meaningless.. or.. I dont know.. Stirred a lot of thought.. Maybe I will pick up your thought an add some of my own and post it.. Its an amazing train of thought with so several tangents that can touch maybe anything and everything!!!!
As I said.. adding on what you have written in the last line... "Tomorrow always may not be sunny...but I will keep on chasing the shadow or the shadow will keep chasing me...!!"