Tower of words

What do you
do when you
feel unseen?
Do you stand tall
and lift your chin?
Or slink subtly
toward a side door?
Do you stuff down
your outrage -- or
let it inflate
like a festive
balloon?
What do you
do when you
feel unheard?
Repeat your words
with twice the force?
Or maybe half?
Dance to the sound
of your echo,
feigning blissful
oblivion?
Do you swallow
your sentiments --
or sing them?
What do you
do when you
feel unloved?
Reach within for
contrary proof?
Wander the streets
seeking warmth from
perfect strangers?
Climb a platform
and flail your limbs,
dramatizing
your emptiness?
Or
are you perhaps
prone to convert
unruly needs
into sculpted
towers of words?
Independence
Starting my life in poverty
I thought I wanted money
Got myself a job and a property
And realised it’s all just phony
Seeing injustice so rife
I thought I wanted power
But to mess with someone’s life,
The mere idea made me cower
At excellence I was inspired
I thought I wanted passion
With all my energy I perspired
Nothing’s permanent and it went ashen
Cruising through life alone
I thought I wanted love
It drowned me till my jaw bone
And tried to go above
Allured by shine and show
I thought I wanted fame
Easy to come , easy to go
It was nothing more than a game
Seeking a mind well trained
I thought I wanted knowledge
The realm of science is restrained
Imagination, it doesn’t acknowledge
In this pursuit of truth
Money deluded me
Power burdened me
Passion enslaved me
Fame dazzled me
Love stifled me
Knowledge baffled me
Bound by injuries , bound by pain
Unable to move , pain clogged the brain
When suddenly the truth dawned ,
Of life’s purpose and beyond
This I had always taken for granted,
It was Freedom that I had always wanted
Freedom of time
Freedom of choice
Freedom of thought
Freedom of speech
Freedom of action
For freedom , I had traded everything ,
And thinking back , it all only makes sense
Within moments, evaporated all pains and stings
For the joy of this discovery is immense !!
Ironical though,
It was in a situation of confinement
That I finally found true Independence !!
To Freedom.