To be Introverted

By Aryaa Sridar

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Should I drown in a sea of shadows,

Or that murky swamp,

To make myself less,

Till kingdom come.

 

I want to run,

To the end of the tunnel,

Not to the light,

But to the mouth of the funnel.

 

To make less of myself,

To shelter on the shelf,

T ’was  twilight when I left,

To combobulate the self.

 

To lie within myself,

And give up my identity,

The very thought, a paradox

With no soul or parity.

 

To be introverted, my only destiny,

Oh! it drains what’s left in me.

To take a breath and see,

What might happen to be?

 

I want to stop, and release myself.

I want to become a mingler,

Rather than stop my flow of words,

Become my own strangler.

 

So, I’ll try, but I know I’ll fail.

Then I’ll strengthen my tails

And wipe the tears I shed,

For the boat continues to sail.