Alive

Contain

Can rains drum down, if clouds can't hold back?

Can volcanoes erupt, if heat is not entrapped?
Can emotions be fully experienced, uncorked or unlatched?

Unleash your unceasing tears
Flare up your pent-up anger
Explode into an exuberant laughter

Burst without restraint
Discover solace yet again
Then continue to contain

Mama’s boy!

 
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Photo by Phijam Surjakanta I remain confined to set you free I shrug off my fears to instill bravery I survive in the dark to lead you to the light I slow my run to steer your flight I back you with a smile to let you face your angst I root for you in hardships to help you rise back with a bang                                                                  I dream a Utopian future to bless you with all that you crave I ask nothing of you but to be humane

Solitude

The music subdued by the chatter

Unwavering, I follow the tune

Perfunctory nods to superficial talks

My heart harmonizing with the beats

The world is screaming around me

Yet I smile in my solitude

Free

The day is sprinting, but I'm still

My frenzy has frozen

I'm bewildered

Everything around is a haze , but I'm not in a daze

My mind is lucid

I discover

Unaffected, my core pours out

I am more of me than what I was

I'm free

Void

When you first encounter emptiness

The vacuum engulfs you

The echoes haunt you

You crave for a space to call your own

Yearn for people you love

And pine for things you relish

But, enjoy the nothingness

Bounce from wall to wall

Frantically imagine and freely create

There are no hurdles to avoid

So don't evade the void

It's time to start anew

Optimism

I watch the clouds drift, not the chaos on the streets

I overlook  the shanties and rejoice the lush-green trees

I'm oblivious to the evening shadows  and seep in the light

The light that pierces through  the dark clouds just before it goes out of sight

Little things make me smile in an instant

And you would conclude I'm ignorant

But I live in the bliss of optimism