Why? PoetsPub 2021 Achievement Hunter Challenge

Achievement #59 - Our Shadows

Our Shadows

Our shadows, that is yours and mine

Have one thing in common

They have no freedom of choice

And follow us around like dogs on leads

Isn't this an infringement of their Human Rights?

At first, I was happy to sit in the dark

While mine took a rest from barking at my feet

But after a while we became depressed

This is quite common when starved of vitamin D

Something else I discovered whilst scratching round in the dark

Is that twice a year we cast no shadow

So, to be in the right place at the right time, I traveled halfway around the world

Like a sentry I stood on the spot, dutifully guarding my shadow

And excitedly watched as it slowly disappeared

I was elated and waved my arms in celebration

But to my dismay, shadows of my arms appeared, like helicopter rotors

Footnote:

The moral here is, nothing is quite what it seems, there's always some other truth, lurking in the shadows.