Bokeh

Festival time

I can see your face

In the bokeh

Of the festival lights

vulnerable

can you see through it

through the pretence and facade

the vulnerable woman in me

pining for you

to take me in your protective arms

and be a girl once again

Hey girl!

hey girl

look around you

you are

undoubtedly the best

so go on

live your life

to the fullest

with no regrets

for you only live once

my ikigai

each and every day

I wake up

continuing my unending quest

to find my ikigai

sidelined

let’s us support

all womanhood

by celebrating

our beauty our success and old age

for

when physical beauty fades

we are at the risk

of being sidelined

and life passes by

No fame no pain

I don’t want fame

And too much money

I don’t need People

to recognise

me

as I grow old

for I just want to settle down

With my own family

Without unwanted human

interactions

from fellow humans

Who

Just give pain

agedness

start self love

at an early age

nurture yourself…

and your soul

for

we shall need all the love

in our agedness

we go way back!

your hands caress

your lips explore

your eyes make love

your smell

evokes a sense of déjà vu

transporting me

to the days when we existed

in a different era

the muddy mirror

it is me

is it

staring at me

through the muddy mirror

or

is my skin muddy

and wrinkled

I think

for

the last reflection of me

was surely through

a looking glass

which was cleaner

Fear of separation

I fear

All those who love me

Shall stop

Being a part of my life

Or

Maybe

I stop being a part of theirs