A World full of masks

It feels like living in a shell; the masks are all around me
All are trying to persuade me
How do I find out which masks are real and which are not
Foul is wearing a clean mask where as bitter is wearing a sweet mask
Hypocrite is wearing a truth mask while happy is wearing a sad mask

It’s like playing hide and seek; you don’t know whom you will catch in the next hidden corner
You are too scared to walk as you don’t ‘know who might appear and from where
You are trying your best to hear any kind of whispers; they might be in groups or hiding alone in the cover
The thrills are great; though you want the game to end to find who was hiding where...
You anticipate the truth throughout the game...

But, here the game doesn’t end... The masks never come out of their hidden corners
They never stop pretending as they have almost forgotten who they really were
They act; they show off; they change colors; they change emotions

They are trying to persuade me
How do I find out which masks are real and which are not
Foul is wearing a clean mask where as bitter is wearing a sweet mask
Hypocrite is wearing a truth mask while happy is wearing a sad mask

A fight between Ahankaar and Love

You came to my life or I can say I brought you in my life
I gave you the most perfect place in my heart even larger than her
I became possessive about u... more than her
I made you strong, without realizing how slowly you became my weakness
I started loving you; sometimes much more than her
She never demanded anything but me; though u took everything I had
You conquered me, where I am still finding my way out
There is stillness in life today... coz she is no longer with me because of you…
The world looks empty though I can still see you wherever I go...
The world has become silent. I can not hear my own words
I have realized how terrible I became coz you were with me
Today I want to leave you or can I ask you to leave me...
I don’t want to see you ever in my life again
I am rebuilding myself, without you ;without her... it feels like to be born again... it feels like to be born again…

SAPNA

Hi, my name is dream
I stay in people’s heart; I stay in people’s mind
They keep me with themselves for years and years
They keep me according to their own will and wishes
Sometime they don’t even share me with other people
But I want to set free my self.
I want to leave my own life; I don’t want to adjust according to them...
I don’t want to associate myself with anyone. I want to be me... and that’s my dream. A dream of a dream!!

I realized!!

I know I am a woman...
You don't need to remind me! I realized it when they did not celebrate at my birth...
I know I am a woman…
you don't need to remind me! I realized it when they said I need to carry purdah...
I know I am a woman...
You don't need to remind me! I realized it when they said I don't need to study further…
I Know I am a woman…
You don't need...! When they wanted to get me married to a person double my age...
I Know I am a woman...
You don't need…! When they accused me, abused me and left me broken…
I know I am a women...
the society reminded me again and again of the challenges and limitations I would face being a women. But today…it's a fresh feeling coz I have learnt to fight, to answer back, to win…. to enjoy my existence Thanks to all the reminders...
I am no longer only a woman but a new strong women with no limitations...

Darpan

When I saw a lie in the mirror, I could see truth trying its best to come in front
When I saw fear in the mirror, I could see the feeling of courage to fight back
When I saw love in the mirror, I could only see blindness
When I saw darkness in the mirror, I could see some light at the back
But, when I saw humanity in the mirror……. the mirror became hollow.