Shadow Poem by Namita Rani Panda

I don't know when
I dreamt your dreams
as the pool holds the reflection of the moon.

I don't know when
my eyes shed your tears
like the clouds that shed the rain.

I don't know when
my lips spread your smiles
like the yellow rays of the sun.

I don't know when
I lost ‘me' in you
as a river loses her in an ocean.

I don't know when
‘You' occupied all my space and time
as I revolve around you like the moon.

I don't know when
I turned to your shadow,
inseparable and in perfect unison.

Now where ever you go, whatever you do
I follow you as a faithful shadow
as I love you and only you.