I live in a large, wide world
Young, independent, free....
Then why did the lockdown,
Make no vital difference to me?
I paused. Bit by bit,
I took myself apart.
Found how safely,
I had imprisoned my heart.
A lack of chains, I found,
Freedom is not.
If I decide to never stray,
From the beaten path.
Independence, I learn,
Is not about surviving alone.
But being in a caged crowd,
Yet hearing your soul.
And the youth in my age,
Has no meaning;
If there is no morrow, to look forward to,
After a night of dreaming. (Contd...)
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