Reflection Of Shadow Poem by Faruk Ahmed Roni

Reflection of Shadow


I am alone, simply alone
a cuckoo perched
upon a brittle laburnum branch.
I sing for all,
but no one sings for me.

I vow
to dwell in the shadows,
yet a fleeting dream,
woven by duck-vine,
binds me.
I cannot move.

A breath escapes
from a shadow that is not mine
my soul, a fugitive.
I cannot reach
the end of love.

She stopped, gentle,
before death could claim her.
I paused, and love
as sweet as the air between us
blended with the moment.

Emotions stretch forever,
innocence in adoration,
without end.