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My selfish self, coming to terms with reality

I'm at that stage in life,

Where people believe,

Being overly concerned or genuinely interested in the lives of others is a problem,

Sure that could be a problem?

But have we forgotten the difference,

Difference between being genuinely concerned and overly worried for someone?

Or ofcourse our selfish self,

Hasn't come to terms with our reality?


I'm at that stage in life,

Where people believe and have unfortunately confused,

Love for an exchange policy offer,

Love for some random payback or gauranteed cash back offer,

People have been treating love, respect, kindness as mere commodities,

That which could be bought at stores,

Unfortunately, we have forgotten what it is to feel,

Without a guaranteed terms and conditions apply* 

Or of course, our selfish self,

Hasn't come to terms with our reality?


I'm at that stage in life,

Where being able to express and feel your mind,

Might pose problems to others,

Might cause harm, damage and hurt someone else,

It's difficult to explain what it could be like,

It is rightly put,

At different stages in life,

Maybe actions will speak louder than words ever will,

Maybe thoughts and things is not something you should count,

Maybe at one stage,

Time changes everything,

Some day, we will all heal from this,

Only when our selfish self,

Of course comes to terms with our reality 

-Ushma Shah 

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