The Fault In Our Minds

Salt and sea breeze rubbed against my skin,
The soul left my lungs to inherit it’s win.
I looked around and found aesthetics in the dark,
Captured in polaroids , memorising my own heart. 
The reality is what I don’t allow them to see,
It’s covered in stardust, saved only for me.
It took me a while to realise what it meant,
How the waves swept , how dauntless i felt.
They’d hate you for what you’ve been,
Leaving the possible reasons unseen.
Forgetting all of what you’ve ever built,
Calling it a facade , giving you the guilt.
When the wall collapses, it destructs both sides,
Something they won’t know; they’re too busy counting the lies.
How do you teach the stars to shine in sun’s presence?
That’s when you walk away, accepting their absence.
Returning to your own skies, creating your own reality,
Understand that it’s a beautiful vitality.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Agustin Avatar
September 25, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
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May 16, 2020 at 1:19 AM
Drishti Ji, mubarak ho! This is an important poem to you & to all women, and men! The big lesson is in the last linesm one saying: "Returning to your own skies, creating your own reality," which is a solution. The problems ("abuse" or being over-shadowed) are many, but YOU offer solutions. This is thus a didactic poem. U will shine. shalom, shalOM. anil sook deo
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