Black, White, Or Gray? Poem by Gule Rukhsar

Black, White, Or Gray?

In the nooks and crannies of my soul,
There are pieces of me, unhinged and raw.
Not all are pieces of light...
Not all are pure...
They are pieces buried deep under my skin & flesh,
Entangled in the bodice of my being.
They are pieces that make me whole,
Yet, they are ones that I keep hidden.

For this world has deemed them so,
Is there no gray but only white and black?
This is a truth unheard to me,
For I am a soul wandering in the gray!

Must we live in stark black and white?
Must we conform to the rigid lines?
This world makes little sense to me,
It deems me a stranger to my own self.

Black, White, Or Gray?
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
This world is indeed a gray place, where the line between the good and the bad blurrs more often than not. However, this society has established this distinction between people and their traits... Good and bad. While as humans, we are by default neither good nor bad, but to make meaning of our existence, our society has created a line between the two and I find myself at the crossroad between the two. In order to be a part of either one, there are pieces of me that I need to hide but how do I do that when all these piece combined make me who I am... But then this dilemma leaves me placeless... Where do I belong? And I would like to think, everyone around me is the same with maybe some exceptions. However, they choose to hide such parts of themselves forever and that's what I fail to accept. The more we hide who we are, the more fuel the hidden parts get to burn in even higher flames. P.S. In reference to the society I live in.
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Gule Rukhsar

Gule Rukhsar

24.11.1994
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