I made a lie out of myself

to stay awake, alive.

Amused by the monologue of broken silence

I laughed , screamed, sighed, wept and

smiled with that blank weary feeling.

Past and future fought furiously and lost

all that remains is this dead day.

I retraced my steps

and returned to where all paths began or ended,

wanting to run away from everything

and still hoping to turn the corner

and find you waiting there.

A dreamer! I took it as a compliment,

they were mocking at me.

It was a coward’s job

and being one was tough

you had to give up all your courage,

be meek and then wait for everything to be blown away

and when that  too doesn’t  happen

just get up and walk back.

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