Golden Cage

I wanna escape this golden cage

No more I am a sage 

It’s suffocating

Depression so throttling 

I rot in the bed whole day

Working some hours and crying the rest

I miss when I was at my best

Now it just feels like I am a waste

There’s no jest 

Even if it is

No sign of a chance 

That is credible

Not choking in throat but gulpable

I wanna escape this golden cage

No more I am a sage

It’s so frustrating

Eating me up this agitation 

Not so weak

But not so strong either 

These jackets of leather

Mean less to my thoughts that gather

Nothing fascinating from inside

Outside though shimmering through sunshine

But you can notice those spots

Darkened by haze of hopelessness 

And the rising restlessness 

I wanna escape this golden cage

No more I am a sage

You know you are losing it all

You know you are losing it all

When your skin starts shedding

And hairline receding

Freckles no more effortless

And blush vanishing through those pale yellow crackles

When void in the stomach

Doesn’t let you get away from it

And trembling hands just take it all over

When feet feel so heavy

And personality no more that of a savvy

You know you are losing it all

When your hair starts out thinning

And you absolutely stop filming

Gestures caught up in eyeballs

And shouting hatred through rolling

Upwards and onwards

Dumpsters and trollers

Within they lie hefty by surrounding preys

You know you are losing it all

And things falling apart

When water oozes out from those corners

Backed up by salt rolling through nostrils

You know you are losing it all

When days become survival and nights stares at you haunting

You know you are losing it all

When pounds drop all sudden

Or increase insanely

Patriarchy

Deep rooted echoes of women

Interests at crimen

Men at the front table

Practicing patriarchy gamble

Accepted the echoes

Those women who faced egos

Caring man seen as weak

Arrogant gentleman seen as masculine peak

So do the women

Evolving, accepting patriarchy as normal

Where women expected to behave formal

At the forefront of men who dice

Bias and prejudice

Neglected emotions fade reminisce

Dogged as phantom of drama

Some even in disbelief of karma

Societal pressure and dogma

Ruling in favor of this stigma

Calculative sinkers

So called forward thinkers

Anyways

Deep rooted echoes of women

And interests at the summon

Little girl, who matured early

Little girl, who matured early

Angel of course

In the golden cage

Yes, fresh air does come in

But don’t know why it suffocates

Pretty cold hearted

Whoever circumferences

Showed repulsion

They think ignorance experience new for me

Ahh eagles grab that before age

To fly solo not with the flock

Oops…did vanity flame in?

Your arteries carry that with bulk

Duh, my self-respect cures it like blood thinners

Yes, I break the rules

But realisation makes humanity alive

Sadly you pass it off

Haha too deep for your frontal lobe to light up

Well,

Little girl, who matured early

Angel of course

In the golden cage

Phase

Did I not give them love ever?

Did they communicate efficiently?

Was I always so bad?

I know they know it hurts me

But arrogance surpasses everything

If never bothered to ask what caused it

Then why bother to behave so rude

Yes I know I am least liked

But at other world I was most liked

Will incline where I get love

I saw communications with and for everyone but mine ignored

Have made my heart let go ample of times but this time it hurts more

This partiality

This arrogance

Yes, I also have dreadful nights

If never checked on me from your side

I’m too tired of delivering always

Yes, I am hurt

Yes, I became bad

But trust me I was not like this before

Things change

They develop grudges

God bless those who have opposite experiences

Partiality Sting

એક સાંજ દરિયા કિનારે

શાંત થઈ દરિયા કિનારે
મોજાઓ નિહારી
વેદના નહીં સંવેદના સંગે
સ્પર્શ કર્યું છે કુદરતના તેજ ને
એના વિશાળ અસ્તિત્વ ને
ચક્ષુ માં ફરક ખરું
હું લખું ને તમે વાંચો એમા
નિહાળું તો સર્વસ્વ થકી સમક્ષ અર્થ દેખાય છે
એનો પ્રવાહ પત્થર ને પછાડે છે
એ કેટલું ઉદાર છે
બાહો ફેલાવી સ્વીકારે છે
એની રીતે વહે છે
ઇચ્છે તો તરાવે ને ઇચ્છે તો ડુબાવે છે
કર્મો ને સંઘરાવી એ પક્ષપાત નથી કરતો
એ સાંજ નું સૌંદર્ય
જ્યાં પક્ષીઓ દિવસનું થાક ઉતારી
દરિયાની લહેરો સમક્ષ સાથીઓથી કલરવ કરે છે
સૂરજ વિસામો લઈ
ચંદ્રમા ને આવકારે છે
એ લાલાશ જાણે ધૂન કોઈ ગાયે છે શાંત થઈ દરિયા કિનારે
મોજાઓ નિહારી
વેદના નહીં, સંવેદના સંગે
સ્પર્શ કર્યું છે કુદરતના તેજ ને

– Pooja Malkaush Gadhvi

Chaos

In the city light

I found chaos within

And outside I didn’t realise a thing

Late enough I realised

Expectations carry a burden too

Deaf to loud songs at cafe

Within arteries were deviating and thoughts giving strange beats to the flow

Being fragile is such a loss

Silence on roads wherever I cross even at traffic buzz

Cause heart never stops arguments across septas

I’ll meet you in sky

Carrying burden of questions to ask

Cause you know

Your world is not fair enough

Adverse behaviours are normalised

Whether be society or within the walls

I don’t belong to these normalisations

Cause rebels don’t do easy settlements

Politeness is a art

Demanding understanding and letting go over smart

Shackles are too tight now

Carved with credence of remaining untied

In the city light

I found chaos within

And outside I didn’t realise a thing

-Pooja Gadhvi

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