Sometimes one has no space to move, to do anything or even try to be at ease. Life does gets you to such places. When you are left just with despair.
Constriction
Circles of I move in, are growing small
A constriction slow, is going in
Even my sky has started contracting
It’s losing height and closing in
At its once vast periphery
Can almost touch pick the stars
Touch the moon even move it about
A small joy it is, in the rising despair
As the earth I know, is turning small
Horizons too are drawing near
Constricting the movement
Of my fantasies and thoughts
Walls are moving inch by inch
Closer to where I sit
I fear the day when I’ll be ensconced
In a brick and mortar living tomb
People I like, love to have around
Now seem to crowd, jostle for space
In a tiny circle, that’s all left
In the eve lessening space, around me
©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar
I have felt this way before, constricted is a great way to put it. Thank you for sharing.🙏
Yes. We face these moments in life when we feel that we have no space to manoeuvre and solve the problems. This phase doesn’t last long. But till it lasts, these are the feelings one gets.