Author: Sayali Talvelkar

Tough exterior

Soft and nourishing inside 

Spring roll has layers

Can’t accept kindness

You desire to work for it

You poor tortured souls

Learn ‘right’ behavior

Get in line, don’t dare stand out

Strand your potential.

In an unjust world

Justice seems like a threat

To the privileged

Getting off the wheel

Refuse to be a hamster

Your make-believe cage.

Earnt smile is valued

Not assumed for everyone

Only for worthy

The Waves collapsing

Swiftly into oblivion

Welcome or Farewell?

My perception of the world,

World’s perception of me.

Perceive an be perceived,

Me, You; You, Me

Me perceiving myself,

Me, observing myself being perceived,

How, is where story is being weaved.

When I was alone,

I had too much time to think

So, now I choose to be alone.

Not love or feelings

But a false idea

Kept me from leaving