When I see myself
Skin
Eyes
Lips
Hands
When I see myself
As others saw me
Ugly
Weak
The trust of ignorance
The hopelessness of labels
The resentment of judgment
The loss of misjudgment
The strength of solitude
The beauty of truth
The comfort of harmony
The gift of balance
When I see myself
When I see others
As they see myself
It’s ok
Because
At the end
Skin
Eyes
Lips
Hands
And it took a century
For the self
A group of teenagers
Bubbling with energy
Talking out loud
Right amount of loud
Not shouting , like two guys fighting
But the excitement of the youth
And two guys
Sitting close by
Middle aged, worn by years
Discussing risk appetite
For new projects
Very slowly, almost in a tired voice
And there were flowers
Which has blossomed in the springs
And there was this distinct smell
The tree was laden
With these colourful flowers
And some leaves were falling
A young couple was going by
Holding hands and walking
The guy trying to impress the girl
With his worldly knowledge
The girl visibly bored
Yet, holding his hand
As if hanging on to him
A guy who just
Delivered food
In a carefree mood
The day is ending
I have earned enough to eat and drink and dance
This was the vibe
A life lived daily
And another guy
Doing the same thing
Yet sincere and stiff
As if he was the Sisyphus
Carrying the stone
Me walking by
Watching everyone
The dogs
The cats
The trees
The thoughts
The humans
The moon
And the flowers
Imagining about person
Who start wars
And a dumb question crossing my mind
Why doesn’t he come and walk with me instead of starting
A war
May be he knows better
May be fight is what is needed
May be that is what has been done since time immemorial
May be that is why we work
So leaders can collect taxes
And start wars
I don’t know much
And flowers are looking beautiful
And I have to go
To sleep
Years went by
Avoiding
My heart
I feared
It’s demand
Careers are hard to build
Family and friendship too
Were not easy to keep
My heart too
Didn’t complain much
But blocked my access
To beauty
To love
To joy
To spontaneity
To sensitivity
Finally
I relented
To my surprise
It demanded some idle time
In balcony alone
With a glass of cool drink
Listening to the birds
The instructions was clear
Take up the problems of the work later
Soon my body rested
And was feeling sleepy
And my heart said
Now just smile and
go to sleep
As I walk
Everything around
Beautiful and bright and warm
my heart not so
Plagued by fear
Robbed by confusion
And I keep walking
With a small ray of hope
Of living a life
Intensely
Peacefully
But the mischievous seductress
Would not let it be
Easy
The glimpses were enough
For the heart to
Pass ages in
Waiting
Hoping
Struggling
And then it arrived
And brought with it
A cold wind
And a desert around
And I walk
In the desert
With a smile around
As you grow
You hurt people
And you are hurt by them
They don’t intend
To hurt
Neither do you
It’s just about
Self protection
Which I don’t forgive
Neither to myself
Obviously, nor to others
And the
Dragons of life
Are sniffing behind my back
Close the doors
Make the walls
Isolate
Annihilate
Yet,
In my solitude
I see the innocent being
The child who wants to play and dance
And I see the same in others too
I stand up
Look deep in the eyes
Bone deep
And say hi to the child
In you
From the child
In me
I slept tonight
Ages have gone by
But I tell you
I have only slept tonight
I danced tonight
But I tell you
The universe danced as well
I have heard stories
Of kings and Queens
And I tell you
I was the king
Tonight
I am 100 years old
And I bask in the sunlight
Spread my arms
And dance with the ether
Mischievously blow in the hearts
And whisper in the ears
Abandon Abandon Abandon
The fight
To love and dance
Is your legitimate right
