--- title: Shadow date: 2008-05-16T08:35:09Z modified: 2008-05-17T11:55:00Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/shadow/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 196 categories: - Life Poems - Love Poems - Sad Poems author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2008-05-17T11:55:00Z tags: - Life Poems - Love Poems - Sad Poems --- i ran into this early morning sunshine like a kid completely unaware of the time the place i was in for a moment i was transported back to a time of unbound happiness hidden behind [the dark](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/the-darkness.md) clouds i was one with a purpose a purpose defined by time a purpose defined by none i was a jumper going places as and when i pleased darkness, is devoid of colours darkness is a dull gray place with nothing else apart from you i have been waiting i have been watching in the darkness, all my time i have been searching i have been living i have been waiting for a better tomorrow i have been waiting to make my escape finally, at the dawn of a new day i made my escape like a kid [running](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/running-dark.md) home after a long day at school i ran into a new day that was full of hope with the wind behind me i made my escape until the rays of the sun pierced through me slowly, what was one now became two the [shadow](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/escape-into-the-shadows.md) of darkness that was once inside me slowly made its way out slowly, the shadow that i once “suppressed” revealed its dark side once again [**to be continued…**](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/to-be-continued.md) ——————————————————————————————————————— **note:** this has couple of meanings. this is not meant to be a pessimistic poem, though it does look like it. with an open mind, read it and you might be able to separate the pessimistic [meaning](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/life-still-has-a-meaning.md) away 🙂