A world of my own…!

"I constructed a world

Of my own

That could accommodate me

In bits and pieces

I made walls around

to keep it safe

for the day lurks around

to take a bite off and steal

The rest of longings

For It would trade it for few fake hopes

And would walk away leaving behind

Nothing but a trail of shallow promises

I painted it dark, I must

And wrapped it in veil of angst

For only the night to see

The dirty little secret

Of vulnerable solitude

I constructed a world

Of my own

Where I could wear my pretense

And watch myself adorning

every nook and corner

of those enclosed walls

where I could celebrate my fears

and watch echoes of my scream

haunt me, hunt me

but having nowhere to run to

I would fail, fall

Upon my own doorstep, a grave

Built to perfection

Where ghosts of my bereaved words

Would feast upon my corpse

and leave no sign of solace

I constructed a world

Of my own

Away and aloof

In silent alleyways

Of lingering darkness…”

Praveen Parasar

22/05/2017