WHILE I WAS BUSY

While I was busy winning the ongoing rat race,

I was failing terribly at life,

While I was busy gathering luxuries and comforts,

I failed to gather love and emotions to survive.

While I was busy making others happy,

I forgot to pamper my own soul,

My world was surrounded by many people and things,

But the only thing missing in it was my own role.

While I was busy understanding the working of this world around,

I never thought of understanding myself,

While i was busy matching my steps with the society,

I somehow left my soul somewhere else. 

While I was busy in becoming a noticed part of this crowd,

I somehow unnoticed who I am,

The more deeper I went inside this world,

The more I learnt it to be a mere spam.

While I was busy throughout experiencing this journey,

I suddenly got to meet my own self one day,

While I was busy knowing others around,

I realised that I even don’t know myself in a better way.

Now when others were busy coping up with this race,

I escaped this journey from in between,

The journey was now not with the people anymore,

The journey now begins to discover the self that is still unseen. 

                                                       -Stuti Kapoor