Like shadow follows your each step
At turns it looms behind
Staunchly devout in blazing heat
Till it hides in plain sight
Trauma haunts you in such places
Clings to your sleep and mind
When life flames, it crawls in traces
Evokes the scarring fights
It silently whispers stories
You thought you had left behind
And read grisly tales before these
Bring out your puerile plight
And while in shade it quietly fades
Briefly you see the light
But lingering close by it waits
Sneering at your veiled fight
Poem by Shobhna Aggarwal
ACFA