A Million Shadows, A Million Eyes

[Author's Note: I wrote it initially for a poetry submission, but as I was writing it, things got a bit intense and abstract. When read repeatedly, there is a deep angst hidden somewhere in those words. A feeling of being lost in a crowd, sinking in the sea of our own shadows ]

I asked him, who are you ?
They said, we are you.
Look at me, do you not see ?
I see nothing, I see only darkness.

Look a little deeper, Look at me
You mean, all of you ?
All of us, every part, every shadow.
Do the curves of our bodies justify our existence
Do the turns and slopes of our mind, not make you curious

Yes I am curious
But I am not able to see you
I am right here, look at me, just like we look at you
You mean me ?
No, us all of us... All of them, everyone.

I am right in front of you
Just
Close your eyes
and look,
at me.