Feel lost in dreams

Caught in a loop

Can’t do anything

I’d like to do

As I twist the knob

Taps run dry

Reaching for food

It starts to fly

On jumping high

I barely rise

Trying to run

Legs just freeze

Can hear everyone

Feel every taunt

Feel every knife

Twist in my back

On hitting back

Blows barely land

Everything looks

Fuzzy and sad

In vain I shout

There’s no sound

Makes me think

It might be a dream

Or may be life

Has lost its steam

©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar