Lost in a World of Illusions: A Transformation

Lost in the labyrinth of life, Shernaz searches for forgotten dreams, haunted by a mocking spectre of the past, exclusively for Different Truths.

I was wandering in a concrete jungle
    directionless, frightened, stumbling
        in search of obliterated destinations

They: the ones I wanted to appease…
    for applause and accolades
          are now blind to my isolation


That little girl in pigtails: I once knew her
 
she runs behind me
heckling, gesturing...   
her mocking laughter
cackles out of the murk I am stuck in

I pick a stone, fling it. She boos, then vanishes.
   I feel abandoned. Strange!

The girl with pigtails: she had great aspirations.

rainbows collapse in my eyes ~
vitreous floaters
now refract vision
   throwing up phantom images…  


I flounder. Bits of unresolved conundrums
form an intricate maze to trap me
    Is this a wasteland of the inner being?
 
I awaken from the edge of a defining dream!

Picture design by Anumita Roy