Do you ever feel like a misfit,
made of invisible glass?
Struggling to be seen where you don’t belong?
Like people just don’t ‘get you’,
until you dwarf your conversations and thoughts…
(the ones you would much rather have),
following their lead, instead, so they may relate,
and ‘let you in’ until you’re one of them…
no longer lonely in a crowd.
A glass masquerading as a mirror
reflecting what you’re told you’re supposed to be,
Only to get a sense of humiliating dread,
when you catch that shared, snide glance over your head…
and you know without a doubt that no matter how hard you try…
you’ll never be one of them.
But what this means is,
simply that…
You’re a piece of puzzle,
stuck in the wrong box!
Billions on this planet, all operating under the misconception that we need to conform,
at all times, to the perfect picture of one globe, one image that’s uniform!
When really, we do not!!
Each one of us is just a small part of a much larger puzzle…
Required only, to fit in perfectly with the pieces right next to us…
for our world to be complete and for us to complete the world.
So If you find your edges clashing…
Like you don’t have enough room,
To interlock without
curling, rolling, bending or breaking…
I’m begging you,
ABANDON THAT IMAGE.
This one is simply not yours!
Begin everything all over again…once again,
Until you find your space and locate your lot!
Find the box you belong to!
They’re out there looking for you too.
Incomplete!
They need you for their picture to make sense.
Man-made labels and heirarchies do not determine your place
You are under no obligation to stay exactly where you were put,
not even if you mistakenly wandered there by yourself.
Leave any illusion you feel trapped in and try another on for size.
Again and again…
Until you fit exactly right!
But whatever you do, my friend,
do not bend!
DO. NOT. BREAK!!
Sunset Effect - Nitya Satyani 