Shadows

One day I went for walking alone towards a hill to meet the rising sun, coming alone so early to meet companions beneath. But there were none found around except me. No men. No women. No animal. No bird even. So I was scared. I met with fear. Fear for being lonely. Then sun came up with all its loneliness peeping through the windows of clouds, in red and orange colours. A magnificence to look at. I though of my loneliness and the sun's loneliness. As I tilted my head I found some change behind. My shadow. It fell behind me. It was not there some time before. I thanked the Sun for sending me a companion. My shadow. The fear which had been there some time before had gone. I understood. Fear is a shadow. I left the fear to lie there for sometime. Then the fear lost its strength as the shadow lost its length.