Love Thyself! Poem by Umasree Raghunath

Date: 30 January 2019


I looked upon the mirror
To see my new me!
The endangering fears
The shed and un-shed tears
Have rotten-ed my face
Disturbed my aging grace

Yet, the big gleaming smile
That took me every extra mile
I looked again
To see my new I!
Self-confident or boastfulness?
Dreaded I

Admired Myself
Without going overboard
Engrossed with inner beauty
The eyes shined abode
I opened my arms
To the otherwise resisting changes
I felt free within
For there are no strings attached

Unlike my usual-self
surrounded by all others
I am at peace with myself
Not letting others rob my charm
or bring in susceptible qualms!
Stopped trying to fit in
and feeling good in my skin!

Where the struggle ends
and redemption begins!
My happiness, my priority
No one's business entity
I let not my reins under someone's rule
and frown like a lost fool

Went through darkness
to see my stars
Went behind sun-rays
to tan off my scars
I am finally open
in thoughts and deeds
to fall in love all over again
This time, with just myself!


First poem of 2019 after a candid conversation in office with my boss, Kumaran M Sundaram!