“One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.”
― Shannon L. Alder
A thousand sweet praises
I can listen sweetly
and keep forgetting them
the next day I rise
Only one insult from you
hurled at me
from your sullen mouth
breaks and shakes me
shatter me
into million pieces
It gnaws at my insides
There is no beginning
and there is no end
the pain seems to
wriggle its way
all around me
making a tight knot
I’m unable to open
The incessant choking
and my raspy breath
is frantically looking for a
a breeze of fresh air
How is it that I
live with all my flaws
with my head held high
but a single insult
I can’t seem to bear
it kills me alive.
I blog at Megha’s World
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