Look into my eyes
How much life is there inside me
You’ll see how life peeps through them
And flies
Because it can still fly
Up above and so high
There are desires,
Courage and aspirations,
Hopes and expectations
They are all there
Only I have to walk up
And grab them
Do not look
At the lines on my face
Those are the signs
The feet of time has traced
It passed stepping on me
But could not trample me
It only left some wounds
And injury marks
Remnant of life
Are still left over in me
Despite that period stark
That life
Which was with me
In childhood
As well as in youth, but
Then I could not live it
Even now I have that life
Inside me
I want to spend it now
Bit by bit
I want to live now
Look into my eyes
And see
How much life is there.
Inside me
~Sudha Dixit
Bangalore, India