Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Sitting alone I always miss the time I didn't need company
The time when I felt secure even when no one offered security
The time when without taking the effort to make friends I had a lot of them
I miss the comfort I got in my mother's arms
The time when she was just a room away and not, a call away
I miss the childhood mistakes
The time when irrespective of the kind of my mistake I was always forgiven
I miss when love was always around
The time when I didn't have to find someone who loves me
I miss when adulting seemed fun
The time when I didn't realize that independence can be a burden too
I miss when fulfilling our dreams was the biggest dream
The time when I didn't know how difficult it is in reality
I miss and I miss
But the most i miss is when i didn't have to sit alone
The time when even being alone i knew that I am not alone
To my dear crush
I miss all the adrenaline rush
Each moment spent beside you was special
For you I was ready to wrestle
You were a friend first
And thankfully not a boy who always used to walk by
I always loved how you used to sit beside me when my friend was not around
I remember the look you gave to those gossipers on the ground
I felt special when you told me those secrets
I felt safe when you waited for me on the way
There was a time when I used to think about you all day
From hiding my feelings
To behaving indifferently I did it all
I was crazy over you for sure
Nothing between us was official
But you were a secret I was ready to tell none
Choosing the same subjects
And making study plans was somehow the future I was looking for
I liked you even after your ego
I was so happy when you used to say sorry and was ready to let things go
But I also remember that truth and dare game
I remember how you took my name
I was elated for sure
But something at that time needed a cure
I remember her crying
And that was the time I was trying
To not think
Because thinking meant choosing something
She was my best friend
And she had a lot unsaid
I had guessed before
But I was so over you that I decided to keep a close door
I liked you
And she liked you too was the case somehow
But now I had a choice to make anyhow
It was time to wake
And let the dream break
So I thought for long
It was not easy and I was definitely not strong
She had seen me cry more times
Than you had seen me smile
You were special
But what we had didn't promise me miles
The idea of losing her was unimaginable
Reading my mind was a skill in which you weren't able
She had seen my ups and downs
She was the one who never let me hit the ground
She was true to say we were telepaths
We were always the best pair of psychopaths
I had thought about all the possible scenarios
And unfortunately in neither of them
You were there till the end
But she was always around
So I decided to choose her over you
And I definitely miss you
But never have I ever regretted my decision
Although I would love to have an accidental collision
Because I want to tell you
That you were my crush indeed
But she was the friend of my need
I am happy to have her beside me
Even though she doesn't make me feel the same glee
It's been years I know
But she is still my constant tho
The wish to be alone is so wierd, you try to forget so many people and end up remembering so many things at once.
I was waiting for my feelings to go numb
I was waiting for that day but I was dumb
I thought that with each day the wound would grow old
I expected that each day would make me cold
But little I realised
And very little I was surprised
With each passing day
My feelings started spreading like a ray
It reached ever nook and corner of my existence
But I was still hoping with persistence
It was so difficult to feel
The reason I thought time would heal
Soon I had a lot of opinions
Surprisingly they made me cry more than onions
Soon the tree of feeling got a strong hold
Now I knew nothing was going to get old
All experiences and incidents
Were giving my wounds new dents
Crying became a constant part of my lifestyle
Funny enough that it was just a more defined form of my old style
I didn't know what to do with so much going on inside
Never realised it would be so much more than what was going outside
Checking and rechecking all emotions
Hide and seek with everything was in motion
Defining the ideas I had was important
Knowing I was right was like a reinforcement
I knew the wounds are not going now
But still adapting raised the question how
Connecting dots was a daily routine
Adulting is much more difficult than being a teen
Sensations, feelings and emotions are always going to be difficult for me
But when I introspect I realise it makes me, me.
You don't know what battles I am fighting
You don't know the ones I am winning and losing
You don't know if my breakfast is sweet or bitter
You don't know if I am returning to a bed of flowers or nails
You don't know if I am having nightmares
You don't know if my mornings are even fair
You just know I speak less
You don't know that each of my actions are shouting ahead
You don't know enough because I am not willing to tell
You don't know enough because you are not the risk I am willing to take
I am an introvert, you think I like playing safe
But you don't know even privacy is like a fire play
It's so intimidating to see myself in a mirror because I see me and then this another person who is not me. A person who is just an amalgamation of my mother, my father and my grandparents. A person who is not one but many. And it is so amazing and frightening at the same time. The fact that like every other thing, like every other incident, and person, you also hold the potential to be beautiful and scary not only to others but to your own self too.
Do you ever wake up with the feeling that a lot is lost
It's summer but you still feel the frost
Everything and everyone is around
But you still can't listen a sound
It's not your life but a trap
You are actually a piece of crap
Your to do list is overflowing
Your courage to start something is slowly going
It's not like you have to start afresh
But where you are standing now, seems nothing more than a mess
Your ambitions are enthusiastically parading
Even though all your motivation is fading
You are somehow willing to leave
But just too scared to believe
Supporting hands seems to tease
Ah! hope you knew, who you want to please
Feel like you have an empty soul
You are too tired to feel not only this but all
You want to speak
Although you are scared that your secret of being a coward might leak
You are not a loser, ofcourse
But you also know that a winner doesn't have such remorse
I hate marriages I say
Because not everyone is lucky in Pam's way
It's hard to find love which never looks away
It's hard to get Jim who always stays
A person who knows that he is best for you
But steps away to let you choose
A person who always wants you to grow
No matter how many days you are away in a row
A person who accepts you all
The fierce you, the timid you, the clumsy you the beautiful you, the failed you, the successful you, and the complete haul
A person who can comfort you
A person who can love you
A person for whom your smile is a lucky charm
A person who is willing to let you sleep on his arm
A person with whom valentine's day fight also seems a plan
A person whose leaving is more painful than he being an angry man
Yes I want my children to know we are soulmates and it is no less than fairytales
I want to tell them stories of our dates
I don't know what else to say
But finding a person for whom you are not enough but everything seems like an impossible way
The world is burning with passion
People are burning with emotions
You are burning with love
But here I stand
With my flickering soul
I have a flickering soul...
Found the diagnosis to my problems...
Morbid fear of solitude, or of being left alone, abandoned or ignored.
P.S.: Solitude is often good but the rest are just dreadful.