MY SHADOW- Daniel Arkoh Fenyi

By Daniel Arkoh Fenyi

As I walk beside my black shadow

He becomes my only friend.

The world has turned his back at me

Disappointment walks around me, left and right.

Only light rays can give birth to my friend

Like sun scorches me hard.

But what are friends for

I suffer the heat to see him.

My only friend, walks with me.

He understands me than any other

We can't chat but he eats with me.

How God knew I will need a friend

When the world leaves me

Makes him my Master.

He’s too black I can’t see his face.

Why does he always stand

In the place my feet stands?

Can I trust him?

I feel he’s competing with me for space

But what are friends for?

My shadow, you understand me more than them all

How could I have lived without you?

In a world where everybody lives for himself

You live for me.

How I wish our friendship never ends

But darkness comes

And I need you most

Evening dawns and you are disappearing.

Shadow! Where are you?

I am lost

I can’t trust anybody, you too?

In the dark when I need you the most

You have left me.

Am going back to God, who brought you

To ask where he has taken you.

I lay down, close my eyes

And the travelling machine begins to snore.