Unwanted Companion by Neetu
September 26, 2025 by Neetu Malik in category Poet's Day by Neetu Malik tagged as darkness, shadows, weary
Unwanted Companion
I wait eagerly
for absolute darkness
to lose my shadow
it troubles me to
feel its presence
grow, then diminish,
but not disappear
I grow weary of its company
walking close
beside me, before me,
behind me
an appendage that
speaks its own
language
formidable in
eloquence,
eerily chained to
my heels.
© Neetu Malik
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