Dr. Anshu Sharma
(Dr Anshu Sharma is a bilingual poet, writes in Hindi as well as English, in addition she’s a medical graduate & postgraduate from Delhi university and pursued a successful career. She worked as a public health officer and an avid Covid warrior.
Her debut poetry collection in Hindi ‘Antarman ke Samvaad‘ was published in 2020. Her poems are focused on various social, environmental issues and nature, have been published in Anthologies and in Magazines.)
☆ ~ ‘Shadows of Yesterday…’ ~
☆ Dr. Anshu Sharma ☆
(The 2nd Prize winning entry in the Literary Warriors Group Contest. The subject of the contest was “परछाइयां” /Shadows”.)
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The shadows stretch from days gone by,
Whispers of echoes, a hollow sigh.
They creep along the silent walls,
A past that haunts, a voice that calls.
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They walk ahead, I follow behind,
A silent echo, a shape undefined.
Born from light, yet draped in the night,
A fleeting form, never truly mine.
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They tell of scars, of battles lost,
Of bridges burned, of heavy cost.
They weigh like stones upon my chest,
A sleepless mind, a soul distressed.
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Yet shadows form, where light still glows,
Beyond the dark, the sunrise grows.
The past may call, but it won’t define,
A fleeting ghost, no longer mine.
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I rise again, though burdened still,
With a weary heart but an iron will.
For every shadow cast in time,
Proves there’s a light my soul will shine.
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I will not bow, I will not break.
The dawn is mine, my path to make.
For even when the night is long,
I walk with hope, I sing my song.
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~ Dr. Anshu Sharma
© Dr. Anshu Sharma
