Of Shadows And Trust… Poem by Kesav Venkat Easwaran

An optimist is a person who sees only the lights in the picture, whereas a pessimist sees only the shadows. An idealist, however, is one who sees the light and the shadows, but in addition sees something else: the possibility of changing the picture, of making the lights prevail over the shadows. Not trusting the shadows... How true to say they change shape every now and then... Wonderful subject in the poem. Thank you.

An excellent piece it is. We don't trust shadow, content of the poem is non-typical and interesting. Nice work it is.

Don't trust the shadows.............they 're like silver screen.You can see life on there, but they're not real! Short but complete.so i give a 10.

true you cannot trust the shadows because they will change..... excellent.

Just as this piece lingered to be savoured on my mind, so it lingered on my PC to the extent that it made it crash. :) t x

Wow, I love the language in this. It's pure magic. Brilliant writing. (smile)

yes..yes..they are on right..then they become midlle..then they are on the left..and they don't have colors too...lovely picture again

The shades of gray are suspect.....always live in the white light....10

ambivalency of inner fabric I see here shadows of which are flithing from here to there

Shadow and light, what an intricate game they play, always so close yet never together. Lovely poem, Kesav.10 in the light of day or in the shadow's that it casts.