The Disguise of Pain - A Journey Into Mental Health – Delhi Poetry Slam

The Disguise of Pain - A Journey Into Mental Health

BY YASHNA BATRA

Laughter on the Lips,

Burnt aches in the Heart,

A façade I wear for a Mask,

I am alive but I am Invisible,

This is My World I tell myself,

Oh Pain, I know this feeling one too well.



A Dance on the Sunny street,

A Shadow lurks the corner,

I Drift in the crowd,

Unnoticed in the Shackles I wear for shoes,

I am Free, yet I am Stuck I tell myself,

Oh Pain, I know this feeling one too well.



A Night Sleep,

A Forbidden Romance with the Monster in my head,

I am of Age,

yet I Curl up like a Womb of Rage,

I live in my Made-up World I tell myself,

Oh Pain, I know this feeling one too well.



Here and there,

but never really Here,

I am Broken, Brazen and Beaten,

I am the Residence where the Pain resides an unwanted Guest,

A Time-loop I tell myself,

Yet, I am the Light that Shines the Sun Bright.


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