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For so long

By NEHA GUPTA
For so long I ran away
Afraid of shadows
Looming large.
For so long
I listened to the world
The clamor
The noise
Drowning the soft beats
Of that eternal heart.
I hid
I ran
I walked away with bravado
I wept
I clung on like a stubborn child...
To the mirage.
Maya - the ultimate irony
Of our lives
The illusion
Of comfort
Security
Certainty
In things outside.
Till one day
There was choice no more.
I had to come back home
To my own soul.
Sure, the path is rocky
The winds cold
Nights balmy
My shoes wear out sometimes
Sometimes there is no rest
Yet sometimes
Joy sparkles
Lightness spreads within
No unnatural high
But from a source pure
It’s a long road
A long way to go
All I know,
There is running away no more

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