Unseen…!

"Every drop of tear

Which decided

Not to roll down

The face, scared

Ended up

Wearing down the eyes

Which were already fragile

Off the weight

The night carried

And yet, as if

Intimidated

Of being caressed

It surrendered

And sundered

though

It was a mere touch

It was more than

The weight of

All the vulnerable

identities, collected

Over several nights

And days too

Bits and pieces of

Screams

Broken down

While passing by

The frail trail

Of insecurities

Echoes of it

Crouching beneath

The skin

There lied one

Naked,

ashamed of being

Seen

Or just afraid

Of being there

Forever

Unseen….

Alas!"

Praveen Parasar

13/4/2018