My Shadow

Have you ever thought about it. Your shadow is your most faithful friend and the most devoted follower you have. It is there now. Look at it. Stare at it. Touch it and yet faithfully it will touch you back. Even when it is tired of following you all day long doing the silly things -I admit- we do, it never stops. It never quits. It never deserts you. Some days I become very angry to the point that I curse it, but -as always- it looks back as silent as a good friend; a great friend.

Have you ever had a friend who is your shadow? No, one "might be" but not like your shadow, because it is the most faithful friend ever. But, some days I get pissed and I scream "TALK. Why are you always silent?" Yet, my Shadow never replies. I even feel followed. You know sometimes you hate it when some one is always monitoring you, even your shadow, even your friend. But as faithful as ever it is always silent. You even step on it but your shadow is a friend who never complains.

One day I trusted it but when lights went out, it was no longer there. It abandoned me. I screamed "EVEN YOU?". I was appalled. Even my shadow can abandon me...

Only then, in the skies of dark clouds, in the depth of nothingness, when I was abandoned even by my shadow, I touched my body calmly and smiled, I knew it I still exist, I am still there, I am my best friend.





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© Ahmad Magdy - 2009