The Gangling Life

(c) Shilpa S


Happiness….
Why do I burst out laughing?
When I come across this clumsy word!
So gauche and cloddish,
It’s just a word after all;

Sadness lets one understand,
The true value of happiness….
Oh so lame is that!
And my mind laughs sarcastically again!

Love….
Another of the silly epithets,
And oh, it’s too just a word!
It’s nothing but a sword,
I picked up myself,
To cut my soul,
And now I cry,
Because my inner self bleeds!
How silly can one be!

Smiles….
Need I say more?
Tears are more faithful,
They accompany more frequently than smiles;

So it’s a dilemma,
A confusion.
A conundrum,
The biggest of all puzzles,
A vicious circle of ghostly things,
Worst of the tempers,
The soul boiling,
Screaming and shouting,
A shrill,
The plight of the soul is tricky,
The path is blur,
And I belong to nowhere!



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