Tracing That Silhouette

And again there I was

Tracing that silhouette

Wondering while I traced

If I should trace it in shades of hues

Or with the gleam of lights

Should I even wait for the symphony 

Or just let hope dance to its own tune

But, would any of it even matter

As aren’t shadows meant to be just shadows

Cast in that only shade of grey

Then, why do I each time

Still sit there to adorn them

Like as if, this one time

I will get to touch its apex

And gain that triumph

Over an ever escaping shadow

And in that pursuit again

Perhaps stumble across that wisdom 

That shadows are just meant to be shadows afterall 

Yet, I will still sit there again

And trace its silhouette

Every single time, time and again

Because, to pause in the tracing of those dreams

Is to pause in taking a step ahead

And the journey must continue 

If not as a chase of those shadows ahead

But, for those silhouettes that remain behind etched

Which can only form

If life is not held standstill

About the Poetess

Ellora Mishra hails from Odisha, India. A Chemical Engineer from BITS Pilani, Rajasthan & MBA from XIMB, Bhubaneswar who decided to put her 12 years of Corporate Banking skills to a short nap & meanwhile awaken her creative hemisphere to pursue the childhood passion in writing & other hobbies of travelling, photography & reading. ‘Dots & Streaks’ is her debut book on short poetic tales that has won the coveted The LIT Digital Awards 2020 & Author Of The Year Litfest 2020 Awards by NE8X. Her works in poetry have also been featured in international collaborative events like ‘IGNITE from within the confines 2020’ and won the ‘Orange Flower Award 2021’ hosted by Women’s Web. Her short fictions have been longlisted in events like ‘Story To Screen 2020’ and have been selected for anthologies like that of Writer’s Melon, Book Buzz etc.