Sudipta’s poem delves into the captivating dance of shadows that gracefully weave through bleak landscapes, exclusively for Different Truths.

Something that follows me 
Everywhere I go 
A faithful fellow
In the bright daylight 
It grows bigger than its size  
It glows in the shimmering dawn 
When the twilight covers the orange sky 
In the sombre grassland 
The shadow is cast close to the streetlight 
Like the lofty cliff of a mountain high
Shadows lie softly in the green light
Silvery rays reflect in the droplets of the sea
A shadowless, desolate, cloudy sky stands lonely 
sometimes in dreams, ghostly shadows lie
With the whispering wind 
It vanishes in the dark sky
By playing hide and seek, in a new morn
Again, shadows appear, encircling beauty!
Often, we bury the shadows of grief
In the pages of a bygone age...

Picture design by Anumita Roy

Dr. Sudipta Mishra

Dr Sudipta Mishra is an Indian author and poet. She is an erudite scholar of English language literature in the Puri District of Odisha. She is a source of inspiration for the young generation of this country. Her free verse in romantic and melancholic poems is appreciated around the world. She has penned more than a hundred articles.