Existence
Tomorrow you will wake up
drag yourself out of your bed
even when your mind is tired
so is every cell in your body.
Then you will ponder
over the idea of your existence
while your body habitually
gets drenched in hot shower.
May be you will have ideas
of the grand escape you dream of
while you munch your toast
or wonder of your might-be fantasies
while your throat gulps warm coffee.
With lumps of mundane thoughts to puke
while peeking over the traffic enroute
with people buzzing their way through
you will remember that forgotten city
that leaves you wondering who you are.
And when you press buttons on the elevator
you will think of leaving a footprint there
reminiscing the way you breathe atop that old cliff
while your feet walk their way to work
all you have been thinking about is to leave
when you really don't know where to.
But even though your mind is clueless
for discovering another journey
now that you are at the end of one
with all the glory it has offered
you will hope of finding it the next day
while you return to your bed at night.
And with a million oscillations in your mind
like the unwritten pages of your story
you will remember having read somewhere
on a worn-out whiteboard in blue
'Existence is a struggle'
and you will hope to write some day
'But it is worth finding'.
May 9, 2020
For BRIAN'S CHOICE 8,any form,any theme
Winner: Third Place
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