No Ceasefire

Posted on by Reena Saxena

Someone lives inside me – vibrant, pulsating, bursting with courage, keen to break barriers and leap into the unknown.

Someone pays no heed to advice or experience and wants to explore untraversed terrains, fearless and unshackled.

Another one masquerades as Maturity and obstructs movement.

The battle goes on with no prospects of ceasefire.

Perhaps, death will liberate the spirit and the original essence.

holding back
screams that threaten to
cross thresholds
tear apart
veils of honour to explode
authenticity

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22 thoughts on “No Ceasefire”

  5. Great piece Reena – for me, this speaks of the fragility of the facades we maintain, and the potential liberation that comes from embracing our true self our never ending battle between conformity and genuine expression 🙌

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  9. I love this Reena , I believe we all have these two conflicting entities inside us. Many call them good and evil , Yin and Yan, I believe it’s just us child and adult. You caught the essence perfectly. 💜💜💜

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