Cocooned and shelled
Like a hard core coconut
We live like strangers and,
Next- door neighbors,
Each within like an oyster
The pearl lying in stupor
Drunk and senseless;
Emotions dried and withered
Like the flowers…
Drooping and faded of luster
The earlier glow shed off
With constant stagnation of water
Neglected, not changed,
The freshness dried:
The quilted warmth and,
Suffocating sadness
Rouse memories of yore
Now lying dormant
Like the doormat outside the room,
Dusty and un- broomed
Stamped and chucked aside
Sobbing silently at its fate,
Discarded and discontented,
It wears a smile of constant reproach
One day … the need will arise,
It is aware
It shall live its life
It has to survive it must survive
The winds of harshness and torture
Must end
One cannot do without it
Though screened and aloof
The show must go on
“That’s life as it is lived and shared.”
~Shobha Diwakar
Jabalpur, India
Indian Periodical
Indian Periodical
It’s true each one of us lives in his/her shell. We barely know our neighbours. A pretentious life we lead which needs to be thrown off. A beautiful gift of God is being wasted by us in living a hypocritical life
apart from the world, which is torn apart in hatred although we pretend to think and talk globally, our egos have ripped away all relationships over minor personal disputes and jealousies
you are right ASB about people living a hypocritical life
We all make ourselves different islands, separated by long stretch of water bodies, but rather find the going smooth and enjoyable!
Everyone of us suffers from lack of time to spare for those around us, for we’re busy with our own agenda to be fulfilled!
Our stay here on this earth is short, and before we realize the truth, all is bygone to our dismay and disappointment!
And our hard-grown hypocrisy too exits with our final exit!
And it exits with no meaning attached to the so valuable life we’ve been gracefully endowed with by the Almighty!
A fine analytical conclusion drawn assiduously OKRS ji, Human beings forget,
No Man Is An Island