Beyond This Room

I want to explore.....

Explore the world beyond this room...

The problem is not with me,

Nor there's anything wrong with my mental illness.

It's the fault of others' narrow-minded thinking

Which creates a much ado about nothing.

Though I'm not mentally fit,

Still, I'm a human like you;

No one tries to understand my feelings

And creates mental illness a taboo.

Why I've to suffer this discrimination?

From all who underestimate me, I demand an explanation.

You never live a life like me

Which has endless limits...

Every person is forced to desert me,

My every dream tore to bits.

With the plain lifeless walls around,

I feel alone every moment

Frustration seems to gnaw my soul...

When I hear the chirps and see,

A blurred image of the bird from closed windows;

All my sufferings create chaos again.

Life of a caged bird gives unbearable pain...

Just a minute illness of the mind

Makes you feel I'm a burden.

Showing distrust on me,

You keep on distancing...

I too want to meet,

The cheerful people beyond this room...

I was kept all alone,

No friends to play with!

Treating me as a different one

Is the bitter memory of my childhood.

Please let me out

From this cage of loneliness...

Instead of faces of superstitions and orthodox,

I await the glimpses of beautiful nature and wonderful smiles.

Just a last request...

For the sake of mental illness,

Don't make innocents like me suffocate!