Reticent Reflections
Silently I walk towards the mirror and stare at my reflection.
Puffy eyes, disheveled hair and an expressionless face staring back at me.
Along with two
quizzical eyes which seem to have thousands of questions.
What am I up to?
Where is all this leading to? What next?
I seem to have landed
up at a crossroads where the only thing clear is confusion.
Enough!! My mind
seems to scream but my heart refuses to hear.
Why is that I choose
to wallow in the past and not embrace my present?
Why cannot I make
peace with it, let it go and move on towards a hopeful future?
Why is that I still
want to live with this hurt and resentment instead of a life with dignity and
respect?
I shut my eyes unable
to bear the horrifying image of something that was me.....
A tear silently
rolls out of my eye as I hear my heart quietly whisper,
Enough...I cannot take it any more as the pain just refuses to go….
Slowly I open my eyes
to see twinkling hope shining through.
And right below there
I see a line turning into a curve slowly.
This is it I resonate to myself.
There began of a new journey of learning and
unlearning things,
Falling, getting up again to fall…loving, living and laughing!
Falling, getting up again to fall…loving, living and laughing!
Keeping my fingers
crossed I take step after step on this pristine path;
Hoping to meet an
immaculate me on this new way~
Clutching onto my
dreams tightly in my fist,
Striding away ahead to
know the unknown.
P.S. This post is written for That Tuesday Thingy, an *IndiBlogeshwaris* initiative.
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ReplyDeleteThis is really fabulous. The way you have penned down your almost all expressions and feelings is fantastic. I am trying to see how is it coming but why I couldn't that's the different thing altogether.
Usually I don't understand poetry much so can't critic about it. But whatever I got is really amazing.
Kudos for this poem.
Applauds for rising up against the challenges !! :)
Keep writing. Would like to see more poems by yours :)
Cheers
I hope you really mean this :)
DeleteThanks!!
M trying to write more of poems right now....will post soon
The ending is positive just like you are. All the confusion somehow cleared and that s how it should be. lovely write :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Ghazala for feeling what I was when I wrote this poem :)
DeleteFalling, getting up again to fall…loving, living and laughing!
ReplyDeleteThe above lines capture most of our lives...
The hope to embark on to the brighter side of life keeps us going always... fingers crossed!!!
Very true!
DeleteThanks for being here :)
We all need to stride way ahead into the unknown. Visibility of just a few meters is fine. While driving from one city to another, we don't need visibility of a few kilometers. Life is like that. Keep moving. Follow your dreams.
ReplyDeleteVery rightly said....this is what we all need to remember specially at times of confusion.
DeleteThanks so much!
Loved the lines :)
ReplyDeleteEnchanted mirror han :) Its not advisable to dwell in the past. Like they say past is a place to visit , not to live
loved the lines privy
Very true dear thank you so much :)
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