I floated carelessly,
as my bubble was big and bright.
Full of joy and happiness,
basking in the dazzling light.
The bubble didn’t know unhappiness,
it often shone with splendid glee.
It felt safe and secure,
always protecting me.
The others loathed me,
and tried their best to bring me down.
But I drifted far from them,
I couldn’t bear their malevolent frown.
I often asked them to laugh,
and said a smile could light a day.
But they only yearned for sadness,
so I never bothered about what they’d say.
The furious demons chased me,
the pursuit wore my bubble thin.
In a blink of an eye,
it had burst from within.
Like an unwanted newborn,
from my comfort I was expunged.
Deep into a world of pain and hatred,
my life had now plunged.
They caught me by my veins,
and pulled them till I bled from the heart.
All my joy and happiness,
slowly began to depart.
Consumed by their heinousness,
I didn’t bother to look around.
Clenching my fists on my knees,
with tears I sunk to the barren ground.
Once the pain became familiar,
through enlightening darkness I could see,
the world was engulfed in suffering,
there was only unrelenting misery.
I saw starving children on their bellies,
people who begged for shelter and food.
So many struggled for their life,
while I had enjoyed all that was good.
Many were dying of war and famine,
there were victims of murder and rape.
So many chained to bitter circumstances,
with no means of escape.
All these years I stood like a fool,
looking down on the unhappy and sad.
Without even a clue of the world,
and how tragedy drove people mad.
I took everything for granted,
my will, my freedom and my life.
Ignorant to the pain of others,
unable to understand their grueling strife.
As I walked this excruciating path,
there was so much to learn, accept and realize.
I had to step out of my comfort zone,
to reach out to others and empathize.