SOLITUDE

Sometimes, 
Loneliness has 
No frontiers

It becomes a journey
Without rules,
Undertaken to cross
Some frontiers
Within
(© DEEPAK DARSHAK)

MADNESS

In the cuddle of
An unbridled joy, 
I ignored the altitude, 
I forgot the fear of 
Fall 

I knew I could
Talk to the clouds,
Touch the sky
With my smiles,
Stop the breeze
With a throatful call

(© DEEPAK DARSHAK)

FOR A CHANGE

For a change,

Won’t it be better

To snap off all ties
And stay away from the world, 
If people around you feel

You can be approached

Anywhere, any time
With a sweet tongue, 
Designer smiles
And lots of soporific niceties?  

Won’t it be better

To disappear
Without giving anyone  
The key to your whereabouts,
If people treat
Your company as

A cozy apartment where

They can sit, relax, talk

Endlessly,
At their own sweet will?

At least 

For a change, 
Won’t it be better

To become a stranger,  
In your own land
Just to discover

What you think you are,
And to avoid 
What the world 
Wants to make out of you?

© DEEPAK DARSHAK: MAVERICK MONOLOGUES