Explorations: Xxv Poem by indira babbellapati

a journey,
an evolution...

a life long forgotten

i lived
as many times as i died...

i laughed as many times as i wept..
i rejoiced as many times as i suffered..
ironically, every time i emerged a shade better,
not bitter, whatever i went through..
there's always a trade off...
though i lost mostly

unknowingly or knowingly
i traded the security
of a cage and gave up the sky...
no regrets...
no remorse...

one always gets
what one asks for, i suppose

did i ever live the way i wished
is it possible to live the way one wishes?

will i ever move out of the cage
i confined myself to?
am i not habituated to the cage?
isn't that simpler and easier way to live...?

only a free-bird knows of the difficulties
of the endless skies it flies across

let's see, my friend...

this journey
this evolution