Category: Individuality

Some words spoken were such that the silence froze

Some hearts broken were touched and the phoenix arose

Some flashes became memories only because we chose

Some smiles remained unbroken yet the wound still shows

If we learn to live in openness sans judgments and expectancies

If we learn to live in the moment in place of reminiscences

Conditions will always change you continue to walk the mile

Clothes and accessories will not impress if you don’t wear your smile

Your journey reflects your attitude let the acquiring take a while

Choose elegance over arrogance elegance never goes out of style

If we learn to live with honesties there will be no time for guile

If we learn to live with empathy our benevolence will beguile

We are swayed by public opinions and awestruck by brands

We build castles in the air with foundation in the sands

We fight over territories clutching on to invisible strands

We worry about statuses and standings while relation disbands

If we learn to live in harmony if we simply join hands?

If we learn to live in kindness a language everyone understands?

Tribulations and prudence. Hurts and forgiveness

Power over the defenseless. Potency and weakness

Enrages and energies held tightly in my fist.

How do I resist

From not tipping the balance in favor of prejudice

Being becomes intriguing on a precipice

I think I simply continue to insist

That smile which reached the eyes reveals my gist

Two worlds. Cut up in a million pieces

Thoughts and feelings. Explained away in some thesis

Space will suffocate. Realities will restrict. My spell will vanish soon

I scramble up impossible palings to catch the rainbow on the moon

I know it exists. My gut tells me to hold on to the belief

I will find a person who concurs. One endorsement too is relief

Imagination suffers chained to real-world skepticism

A risk must be taken to jump over the schism

Heart and head. I trip over my ego my spirit seems to know

Words choke even when feelings flow

Pouring optimism through my veins is taking toll

The mirror keeps reminding me of my role

Should I learn to ignore

Social affronts keep coming to the fore

So many heartbreaks the heart has become unbreakable

Will I hurt still when roles become reversible

I hear the colors now. I sense the nuanced frowns

In the expectancies of the idols so many smiles drown

A sky full of faith steadies the ground below my feet

Run me down as much as you can I still feel upbeat

There is this thin almost unseeable line

Beyond which everything is fine

You stick to your predictabilities

My challenge is to cherry-pick capabilities

If you tell the truth it becomes part of your past

If you tell a lie it becomes part of a future that lasts

You decide

A peace with nothing to hide

Or constant correcting of each time you lied

If you speak the truth even when your voice shakes

If your lies are smooth yet so many hearts break

You decipher

A calm knowing that He is your keeper

Or the dread of facing the grim reaper

If the words don’t add up truth was not included in the equation

If you are being lied to respect is missing from the relation

You choose

An insult to your intelligence for you are being used

Or walking away from the situation with nothing to lose

Truth and lies are like a boomerang. Its return could leave you in a mess

If you don’t want anyone to know don’t do it. Karma never loses an address

You surmise

We get served what we deserve despite our hues and cries

Life happens anyway trusts fail aches fade your soul is worn but wise

Behind every strong person is a story that gave them no choice

Follow your heart and the trajectory of your story will find voice

One day they may believe in your belief and your vision

Circumstances will fall in place if you make success your mission

Pay attention to what people say out of anger

It was probably bottled up inside till they could hold it no longer

One day they may understand your reasons and your actions

Till then don’t waste your precious time in some more angry reactions

The greatest prison people live in is fear of what others think

Repress your spirit by following diktats and life goes by in a wink

One day they may know you better and may amend their opinion

Or you realize it was your own choice that made you feel so minion

Don’t regret being straight forward even naivety has a flip side

Peace of mind which money can’t buy no deceits or lies to hide

One day they may or may not learn to appreciate you

But in your solitude you know deep down nobody can depreciate you

Stop looking outside of yourself for your value

The same light you see in others is shining within you too

One day they may acknowledge that judgements do falter

Precious time is lost in pleasing people and opinions to alter

The black sheep is sometimes the only one telling the truth

Go deeper and unearth why a gentle man was uncouth

Don’t judge people by the color of their actions and inactions

Sometimes you may be startled by their simple revelations

The herd gets heard so easily offbeat is often unspoken

Herds that trample compassions leave the odd ones broken

Don’t evaluate people by the veneers of their façade

Sometimes you may never notice each fragmented shard

The one who chooses to be different has courage beyond compare

Comparing him with the rest of the flock would only be unfair

Don’t estimate people by the worth of their wealth and muscle

Sometimes you may misjudge real people left behind in the tussle

Nonconformity has foundations much profounder that you think

Empathy instead of logic may lead you to a different link

Don’t appraise people by what stand they choose to take

Sometimes you may grasp an added perspective in its wake

Unconventional is often confused with idiosyncrasy

Free spirited individuals don’t always understand diplomacy

Don’t measure people by how agreeable they are

Genuineness must be treasured more than sycophancy by far