Best Poems Written by Naman Sodhi

I Wrote This Because I Couldn'T Sleep

What do you do
When you can feel the walls
Closing in on you
Walls
That are there to protect you
From the harshness of the world outside
Harshness of the world outside
Can they build those for your mind
Walls
That are there to protect you
From the harshness of the world Inside
Harshness of the world Inside 
They look so pretty
These walls 
Painted in happy colours
Happy colours 
Plucked from the rainbow 
By a glittering fairy  
Collected in a huge bucket of gold
Happy colours 
Plucked from the rainbow 
And mixed with sunshine 
Then why
Why is it so dark 
Inside these walls 
Walls painted with  
Colours plucked from the rainbow 
And mixed with sunshine 
Why do these walls 
Painted in happy colours 
Not lend their happy to me
For just one night perhaps
Maybe if they do
Then I
Will not feel like the walls are closing in
Maybe if they do
Then i
Will not fear the dark 
For one night
Maybe if they do 
Then I  
Will drop my regrets 
Like a cloud sheds rain 
And becomes lighter
I will shed the sorrow 
The regrets 
The guilt 
The anger 
All those tears unshed 
All those feelings unconfessed
And become lighter 
Maybe then  
I'll rest
Now that I've shed 
The despair 
That used to creep into my sleep 
And colour my dreams 
That peculiar colour 
Of gloom and doom and all things bad 
Maybe now I'll sleep peacefully 
Finally rest 
And hope to wake up 
A new person 
Not flawless 
No 
That's not what I ask to be 
Just undamaged 
Just whole.

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