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A poem reflecting the essence of reaching Mid thirties and evaluating life. Looking at lessons learned and opening up to new possibilities.
As I cruise through the thirties reaching the mid way
To toast to the wisdom gained
Through a few successful strides And more blatant failed attempts As compared to the younger- hushed up- failures!
Too much time wasted in vanity Too much value given to the unworthy Too much energy burnt in proving oneself Too much pride to accept mistakes Too many such memories looming in the mind!
Hoping to see a reflection of a better me The mirror showed nothing but an adult version Of the childish treads with wrinkles here and there Reminding of some progress That wouldn’t disappear so soon.
Creating a niche for the newly found identity In the embedded multi-layered persona Developed in these years, to maintain sanity From a complex world in a far more complex mind Promising to break free of this captivity of monotony!
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The identity of a person being a man/woman/any other, being a success/failure is a caricature drawn by the society to restrict the wide variety of colours from being splashed on the limitless read more...
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