DISTANT SHADOWS

DISTANT SHADOWS


In the evening of my life,
What are these distant shadows?
They darken my lonely path,
Which, endlessly, deeper goes.

As I trudge along my way,
Thoughts of olden days gone by,
Sometimes offer me solace,
And sometimes they bring a sigh.

‘What I did? What did I not
Do that I ought to have done?
What can others garner from
This my chequered life, lesson?’

‘To what temptations I fell?
What all sins I committed?
What injustice did I face?
Which one I perpetrated?’

Such thoughts torment me and cast
In my mind, many shadows.
They darken as I walk through
These lonely woods and meadows.


* Written in abcb 7-7-7-7 format

M C Gupta
Created: 11 July, 2003