I knew I was wrong,
So I thought why not be her Mr right.
I kept my wrong at bay
To meet your right which lay the other way.
I didn't take any leap, it was one step at a time
I was forsaking which had long been mine.
A shadow in me was learning to be on its own.
It staggered, knee bent but it's spirit kept it high.
The dark clouds seemed no more darker,
The sun rays no more blinding,
I was learning to be awake
Learning to be alive.
Just when I thought I could meet your right,
Just when the story could have begun,
Just when I was strong enough to be strong,
It all snapped.
Your right no more seemed right,
My wrong no more was wrong.
And I walked back, my spirit sunk,
My heart barren,
My wrong was once again mine.
I wasn't always who I am today. It took a lot of courage to break past my shell. Oscar Wilde had once stated that knowing what you want to be in life becomes a curse because you invariably become that but not knowing is liberating, there are endless possibilities of who you can become. I too didn't know who I was going to be. Today, I realise it was liberating. I never knew i could find my voice some day. Now that I feel liberated,it becomes difficult to remain confined. We need to grow, evolve into better beings each day. We need to grow past the "checks and balances" of life. I remember Fuller here, Fuller has asked us to be a part of a process of this evolving planet. He wants us to be "verbs" not "nouns"! Here is a tale of an introverted me who knew not what to expect from life . ....... I would talk less at school, not attend socialising events, avoid looking at stranger's eyes while on the road. In short, I wanted to be invisible to t...
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