When I met the 'real' me

A Poem


Sometimes, when I am alone 
Seated before the mirror 
I stare at this person
Whom I know so well
Yet he is so strange to me
My mind goes back to the 
Memories of past
Like the ship lost and found
Long after the subdued storm
This person had been with me
Ever since I came here
With his two eyes 
The worldly beauty I began to see 
He has been my best friend
Who shared my dreams, 
My thoughts, 
Knows me better than 
Anyone else in this world can do 
I believe maybe, 
I came to see others smile 
For I find somewhere hidden 
In theirs mine too 
I have confidence that 
I can lead others than be lead
So in the darkness let me 
be a candle’s glow 
I see that the joy of giving 
Is greater than 
The joy of receiving 
Let me share other’s tears of 
Melancholy and borrow 
Their pain in someway
Let me be given the courage 
To go through 
The darker sides of life 
Let me be forgiving 
Oh, god, let me either have 
One of these choices 
In my life to make
Let me achieve something 
Really great and for which 
I’ll be always remembered
If not, let me pass away 
Unnoticed like a dry leaf 
Rustling down from a tree 
Then I shall be buried 
Deep in some grave
Which doesn’t even 
Have a tombstone 
In my name
So that I won’t even 
Be remembered
He had seen the ups 
And downs of life
Laughed along with me 
In happiness and 
Cried in my sorrows 
He has grown up to 
what I could really be
It’s a real pity, my friend 
That someday I’ll have 
To part from you
Who accompanied me 
In my entire life
For this gratitude of yours
I can’t give you 
Anything more than 
Six feet of land for 
Your grave after my death. 


By :- G.S.Vasukumar