Solomon Ochwo-Oburu Poet Sonnet

Scared By My Own Shadow

I moved myself through the jungles alone
Singing and whistling disorderly tunes 
I did not know someone was listening
Marking me as a leopard does to a prey

I listened to foxes haul in the distance
As leaves hugged themselves in love
But as I listened, he too listened closely  
He wondered the silent night as I did

When I sat up, took off, he sat up and took off
With a stick in my hand, he too with a stick
Scared and worried, I jumped away and he did it
With courage, I shot into the distance like a deer

Little did know the wisdom of the stranger 
On my heels he was and fell on me as I did
Scared by my own shadow, haunted by it
As fool, I was scared by my own shadow

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