The Battle Within

After all the running around
for those reserved scholarships

that unpaid bills and

the piling up interests

still stare at you.

Who will but tell

the young generation

That life follows 

no linear equation.

that to work our way upwards 

thy career is no staircase

Semi-starved stomach

raise the rage of the heart-for

The struggle within is real.

Sulking at the office desk-

Where to survive 

is to thrive

join the capitalist 

drive to disaster!

Its competition model 

is to do or die.

Mirror their conscience.

embarass them,You'd.

There is a standard 

for everything.

any different you are; 

a problem hence -Your

unpredictability threatens!.

Success is such a shallow pond.

it lacks the wilderness 

of the river of passion.

Yet, when you walk away from it:

Like a firefly in a dark space

You remain an oddity of sort;

niether here nor there.

Schooling a herd mentality

is disrespect to diversity- Remember!

when the last door is closed

surrounded by smokescreen

one puff at a time- pristine souls

leave unannounced- for

the struggle within is real. 

Lonely nights would tell us how

our fragile spirits are torn

between the eerie silence

of the otherwise noisy world

and the vociferous voice 

from within that is 

otherwise calm and composed

You sleep over things 

that belong to the past;

brood over events yet to surpass.

Do you ever realize? You seek for 

truth that is beyond your bounds;

that truth, if you deserve it

will find its way through.

Saravanan