The Chaos

There’s something you are hiding,

hiding from yourself too.

There’s something you are confining,

confining to yourself.

There’s something that’s bothering you,

bothering you until your mind turns into chaos.

There’s something you are chasing,

chasing but are unaware of.

There’s something you want to tell,

to tell yourself.

There’s something you want to let out,

but letting it out is getting hard.

There’s a lump at the back of your throat,

a lump you want to swallow.

There’s a fear that’s scaring you,

a fear you are unable to figure out.

And then there’s one life,

you have to do it all.

But,

that one thing is stopping you,

that one thing you are holding onto so tight,

is that one thing that is causing your pain.

Let it go,

before it lets your blood ooze out,

that one thing causing you pain,

let it go,

before it overshadows your resolution to do

something better.

Let it go,

before it kills your perception

of a better world.

Let it go,

before it completely messes you up.

Let it go,

before it takes away that one life.

Let it go.

-Swastika Ojha

B.A. (Honours) Geography

(Edited by Priyambada and Pallavi)