Ajith Gonamanda

  I was not born with fear, It was your deeds that made my world so fearful. I'm not incompetent, But your boundaries have limited my potential to express myself. I'm not weak, Yet your blasphemy has made me fragile. I'm not insecure, But your traumatic shackles continue to haunt me. I'm not foolish, Yet your shallowness fails to recognize the light in me. You say I'm this, but I'm not, You have conditioned me to be like this. You say we are equal, But I only see equality in the presence of death. "I still carry the weight from birth, And will continue to carry it until death," said the lady, Who not only carries a bundle of sticks but also...

  Dear Tara, We are like two stars in different constellations, Always on the move, but never seem to meet. Every time our constellations draw closer, we exchange hellos and goodbyes, Only to move on again, destined never to meet. Every minute, I think of risking it all just to come a little closer to you, but you see, I'm scared I might perish like a shooting star, For you seem so far out of reach. Still, we move on, but never seem to meet. Sometimes it hurts because these miles feel like we weren't even born into the same galaxy, Yet we move on, never seeming to meet. I will say this: the distance makes me love you deeper, I wonder if my love for you is greater than the miles between us. Even though we're constantly moving, we never seem to meet. So I no longer count these miles, I embrace them instead, And I've taught myself to love from across the miles, across constellations, across galaxies. What a shame that we never seem to meet.

  Going through rusty rails, Valleys, bridges, and tunnels. A new hellos, a few goodbyes, Sweet Kisses, bitter Fists. Crossing borders, taking risks, Ups and downs, with lightning speed. Seems like we are in the same direction, but not the same destination. One's beginning can be someone's destination, Someone's destination can be some other's beginning. But everyone has to board and everyone has to get down. We are all on the Journey.