Poetry

Nodus Tollens

Doesn't matter how hard I try
I never feel satisfied...
I keep running running
I'm exhausted!
But I gotta do it but I gotta do it.

I asked myself am I enough?
And I cried
These silhouettes screaming at me
though they're dead
I still listen to it, I still listen to it.

It hurts me how I pretend
Trying to be the one,
No, I'm just a puppet
I took a step towards my own path
They pulled me back when I tried to run.

Are we different?
Are we same?
Do we even breathe to impress each other?
Even though it's making us insane?

Are we different?
Are we same?
Or just making a fool of ourselves
while smiling through the pain.

I get angry, never meant to say those things...
You never looked back
Were you really a friend?
I stopped saying a word after that
I'm invisible
Was it the real you?
When we spoke heart to heart when everything felt so blue.
Or is this the real you?
And you're one of them too?

I laugh it off,
All my emotions...
Cz that's how you make friends? Right?
Wear a disguise, bury the old soul
You have to be one of them, who cares?
If you suppress your scream with a pillow every night.

Eyes down...
Why looking up at the stars?
Be the real you, embrace your true self
But wait! Put a filter on to hide these scars.

You've to do it
It's a trend, set by those people...
Umm... I forgot the names.
What Dreams? You better wake up
SETTLE DOWN
then you can do whatever you want.

Are we different?
Are we same?
Why my emotions never transcends?
I tried to dance to my own rhythm
The strings pulled me back
The music never begin.

Are we different?
Are same?
Living to impress "the society"
Aren't we one of them?
Why can't I embrace being my own self
When I can finally stop to pretend?

~Smriti