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Anoucheka pens a powerful poem on burning social issues, highlighting the tragedies of our existence, exclusively for Different Truths.
The tragedy of our existence Lies in the confusion that surrounds us. Forever are we to swivel in an environment As if we were eternal beings When covered, we are by mystery Swirling in some unexplained temporality! The tragedy of our existence Is when our hearts somersault At the sight of golden oceans, for, Imbibed they are with different life forms from ours Yet, these keep being prone to pollution, Of all sorts, To the extent of even consuming these To either die from them Or to transmit the filth to us! The tragedy of our existence It occurs when we glance at The innocence in children’s eyes But see, reflected from them, The horrors of trauma as they I have lived through them And instead of hoping for Better tomorrow for them, we see, Dead-end streets in a cold and murky world! The tragedy of our existence Lies in the fact that this world belongs to us all, It produces food and expects us all to share it Yet, in some corners of the world, People die of hunger while others Rush towards leaves or insects merely to survive! The tragedy of our existence Is nothing else other than the fact That we cling on to that which is material Even if we shed it all off, Someday, when the fate that is ours and That we have accepted and that we live by Even if we have no say in it, Shall come to its closure! Still, while we live, We can make of this tragedy, A romance, by merely being Aware and conscious of its essence And of how it shall play itself for us, Thereby adorning ourselves with the robe Of nobility, both human and spiritual and being thus, Empowered actors playing out roles in a world Which shall never be ours!
Picture design by Anumita Roy, Different Truths
