Everyday pretences

What kind of world do we live in..?

Where a false sense of dignity overrides the strength of laying your soul bare..

Where watering down your very essence by biting your tongue till it bleeds is a sign of endurance..

Where piling on fake smiles in the wake of pain is valued more than coming out and confessing that you're falling apart..

Where shutting out everything that might cause you pain is a sign of maturity..

Where 'keeping it together' is valued more than getting washed away in the torrents of what feeds your soul..

Where the future and our interpretation of what it might hold forces us to live every moment of the present in fear..

Burning bright

I've watered myself down to a version that stuns me whenever I run into me at a sudden corner

And yet I'm surrounded by all these people who are squinting at the sight of me..

Even in my passiveness, I'm too overwhelming, too jarring for them to look at..

Words unsaid

So many words
Aching to brim over
I bite my tongue till tears run down my face
I'm not sure I can handle the outpour
Once the dam is compromised

In search of me

I dream of falling free every day
Yet I manage to chain my soul to some arbitrary book of ethics..

I dream of breaking the shackles that bind my feet
And yet I use my comfort zone to dig in my roots further..

I dream of doing away with every pretence and lay my heart bare
Yet I find myself protecting my heart in a futile attempt to find safety..

The contradictions battle every single day
Neither side wins..
I lose another day trying to find me..