The insignificant man…

 

"The insignificant man

Carrying around

apathy abound

Along with heaps of

Angst and hatred

Thrown upon

While walking past

The garden of significance

Carefully watered

Aesthetically implanted

Upon the barren lands

Of hypocrisy, and indifference

Such contrast to notice

While

Shrill voices

Curses, chases away

The insignificant man

The insignificant man

Running away

Holding onto

Long list of if and buts

And wondering

Confused, hesitant

To add another of the same

Obsolete what-ifs

While

Hiding behind

The walls of

See-through wants

While

A little beyond

lies a secret graveyard of

murdered demands

The insignificant man

Must not stop

Being insignificant

even at the danger of

being labeled

significant

Alas…!”

Praveen Parasar

11/11/2017