I was born alone in this world
and alone forever must i stay.
People come close to my heart,
but in the end, must go away.
No-one can read into the
thoughts and feelings of another.
Only hearts, not the mind,
are bound by the silken tether.
It is but rank foolishness
to expect them to feel your pain,
to find the same laugh as you,
for eternity together remain.
Yes, I say, I exist alone.
Though many be to lend a hand,
to live, honour and end a life
no-one but me can understand.
Beautiful, and sad, but true
ReplyDeleteI disagree with all of this. No-one is born alone; their mother is there at the time of the birth, even if she doesn't survive. And a new born cannot survive unaided. The very fact that you have a blog with is 'out there' for others to read reveals your need and want for other people to interact with you.
ReplyDeleteI don't think you are wrong to feel that way. You obviously feel incredibly intensley about this. It's just that I disagree.
Let that be so. And it is only if you try to bundle other truths into a single broom, the excitement of discovery starts!
ReplyDeletejust replying to yellow's comment here. i dont mean a literal being alone, but u have to admit, from the moment u r born, u r alone in ur mind. not even ur mother can get in there.U cannot survive unaided, but at no point of time is anyone with u in ur mind, therefore u r alone. the interaction is to get away from the feeling of being alone. opening my mind is my choice, not my need.
ReplyDeleteas for the intense feeling, this is a very matter-of-fact thing for me, something i've felt for long. intensity wanes with habit. if i've conveyed intensity here, i'm glad i managed it after thinking about this for so long.
very well written... and i do tend to agree with u.... in our minds we are alone in the sense that what we feel is for ourselves... cant expect others to feel the same.. though we do hope for that to get rid of that loneliness! :)
ReplyDeletevery well written and to a certain extent true.
ReplyDeletejust one thing: is it really foolish to expect others to feel your pain? It may never happen but the answer, perhaps, lies in trying.
I agree with what you're saying... that you're always alone in your mind. But i find that a good thing. I wouldn't want anyone reading my thoughts. They are one thing that's totally and completely mine, absolutely inviolate...
ReplyDeleteAnupriya, I agree with this. In whichever sense one takes it, whether sad or being strong, this is a fact. The earlier one accepts this fact and comes to terms with it, the better it is for him and the people around him too, for once this has been understood the relations become smoother.
ReplyDeleteOne's subjectivism tends to fool us into believing that we are alone, when in fact the very opposite is true. Our little corner of freedom--our soul--is in the end a blessing, not a curse.
ReplyDeleteMy best to you and this blog.