Cries Of The Lonely Soul: The One Soul of all Humankind

It’s a new year and we have hopes of netter days it might bring. But looking at the wars, rising ignorance inspite of information available on fingertips, the hardening of beliefs and the rising “us verses them” phenomenon, I feel, that if there was a single soul for all the humankind, it would be thinking along the lines given below.

Cries Of The Lonely Soul: The One Soul of all Humankind

Happiness what I am looking for

May arrive, may be not

What I seek is moments of peace

When I can easily breathe

Without a weight on my chest

Sadly,

Know it very well

That finding peace is hard

And even if it arrives

Will I be able to recognise it

When held tightly in clutches

Of an addictive sadness

Till then it’s a lonely road

With barely any lights on

And many scratchy whispered sounds

In Dolby Digital Atmos

Throwing more and more questions

Than answering one of mine

I hardly know where am I

With strangers

That seem to know me well

Who drag me on a path

I clearly remember not stepping on

Should I stop, return back

And choose another path

Or keep going through the desolate fog

That keeps growing dense

With every step I take

And in the process I have lost track

Don’t know if I am moving ahead

Our walking back

Or stepping on a running path

Not moving ahead an inch

And the sad thing is that

I don’t even know what is better

©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar