The Shadow On The Wall Poem by Sankha Datta

Sometimes I wonder
How can I dance
Though I don’t know the art
I wonder,
How can I love all
Though I have only a single heart

Sometimes I wonder
How can I fly through a window
A window very small
No, it’s not me but my shadow
It’s my shadow on the wall

Sometimes I wonder
Why I am still a child
Though I have grown up a lot
I wonder,
Why I am so large in dark
And in light I am just a dot

Sometimes I wonder
How can I grow so fast
And I grow really tall
No, it’s not me but my shadow
It’s my shadow on the wall

Sometimes I wonder
How can I feel so free
In this disciplined universe
I wonder
How can I be so polite
Even when world become harsh

Sometimes I wonder
How I do everything
Though I can do nothing at all
No, it’s not me but my shadow
It’s my shadow on the wall