Silences

There comes a time in everybody’s life
when the forest of sadness becomes extremely dense
When there are words choked up in your throat
But it’s the silences your soul befriends

I never knew such silences existed in me
When were they born and spread inside me
I never knew that one day I would be incapable of a smile
Incapable of showing feelings I have harbored all this while

Everyone wants me to smile and be a part of the celebration
Little do they know that my calm surface is a mask, a deception.
A mask to hide the screams of silences inside
So the words come out like sunlight filtered through forest and only when I decide

Don’t poke me, probe me because you don’t know what you will get
Right now I am that part of me which I would want to forget
The other me which everybody loved is hidden and refuses to come out
It is battered, bruised and full of self doubt

A farewell note

A million words cannot describe ythe person you are
how you have affected lives from near and far

Hope as you move on you achieve what you desire
And continue to brim with the energy, enthusiasm and fire

There is not a lot that I can say to make you undestand
what is your value and where in our lives you stand

so just a parting thought to let you know
Preemita we will miss you and it is difficult to let you go