INTROSPECTION

(Have you ever wondered how most of the problems people face have a direct relation to their ignorance. This poem focuses on a way to conquer this ignorance. You might have heard about it: Introspection.)

 

I locked both locks below the window.

Drawing the curtains together,

I turned away.

Sitting on an arm-chair, I sank down below.

I tried swallowing the calmness,

The dark room made.

 

Nothing’d break my guilt, not even the darkness.

The silence mocked me like a father,

Whose heart had gone hard.

I wanted to scream, I wanted to clear out the mess.

But my voice had left me,

Gone somewhere far.

 

Then I closed my eyes to the world around.

I blocked my ears,

Let in no sound.

Decisively I said, I won’t let anything put me down.

My heart found my voice but,

I no longer wanted to shout.

 

Impervious to the outside, I crossed into oblivion.

As my head rested on my palms,

My thoughts traveled deeper.

I tried and focused deep inside, into my own.

Obscurity soon gave away and,

The lines became clearer.

 

Leaving the dark room, my mind gushed outside.

Into the colorful world of my past,

It flowed determined.

And there it found joy, and went past merry times.

Until the darkness gave away,

There was only a light.

 

A light so strong, so bright it hid the evil inside.

And my mind learned forgiveness,

Ignorant it was no more.

Opening my eyes wide, I smiled at dear old life.

Standing i walked towards the window,

Opening it I let my fingers go sore.

 

Frustration there was no more, but a content heart.

Happiness overflowed down the brim,

Wetting the ground below.

My insides were no longer cold, the clouds did part.

My face lit up as I realized myself,

A better person deep down.

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