Kavyanjali

Jut open your mind a bit maybe There's a lot out there for you to see step out into the blissful light know that everything isn't just black and white Imbibe in the defining colours  taste the world in it's distinct flavours Just open your mind a tad bit let the senses glide in and fit Listen to the whispering walls the calls of the age old souls don't shut your ears to the deafening noise and the reverberating inner voice Just open your mind to the knocks of reality greet the world in its diversity hither everyone is unlike the other and back to different caves we slither open your mind and fill in the missing spaces with wide arms embrace the differences.

I had plans but HE snapped it all I laddered up just to see the sky fall Made my way up the mountains; came down with the landslide Built a hut in the woods but HE bolted it from the inside The pages of the book I read revealed a different story HE altered the ingredients of my favorite dish and he wasn't even sorry The boat which lay stranded for years was seen floating adrift the weight on my shoulders; I sensed it shift HE pierced my walls and shattered my fences unlocked my chains and awakened my senses All my life I've done nothing but blame my fate but every single time HE provided me with a clean slate.

He snipped the thorns of the roses you plucked pulled you through when you were lying hopelessly in the muck guided you to the door when you were groping in the dark he was the blazing flame which ignited your spark. He glued you together when you were broken down to pieces stood by your side when you fought with the masses cheered for you when you were showered with praises always walked beside you in different forms and faces. In your gloomiest days he was your shoulder to cry on In the loneliest hours, the one who you could always count on he healed your broken heart and gave a reason to move on all the times you gave up, he pressed you to go on.

I tried to fit into other's crosswords but ended up battling with the black and white and that's when the colours ditched my sight Encroaching on my blocks down and across People descended on my personal space and I suffocated in their fierce embrace They scratched me out calling me a misfit But before they overwrote on my  individuality I skedaddled defending my dignity 

There she stands leaning against the wall the most judgmental of them all  her eyes doing constant inspections pointing out my imperfections Looking down at me, she stands so tall digging deeper into my unfixable hole and I die every time she smirks at me ignorant of my existence beyond this body As she appears, all my flaws unroll camouflaging my beautiful soul she stares at me from the virtual space as tears come streaming down my face But she doesn't know what I possess within the spirit which radiates in me remains unseen She says the world takes things only for face value thence I am left to sulk with the unconventional few 

They don't know the things you have been through; the circumstances which have shaped you. They don't know about the things you had to give up; the scars you had to cover up. They don't know  about the inner battles you have fought; the morals you have been taught. They don't know  the stories behind your actions; the past which butchered you in fractions. They don't know about the thoughts which echo in silence; the times when you question your existence.