Me

I searched for me in my mirror

Something was amiss.

It’s not the old me

Yes, I’m older but not me.

The smile is not from my heart

The twinkle in my eyes missing

Receding hairline has not made me wiser

Though I had groomed well.

The warmth in my heart missing

Words don’t mean what I reveal

Feelings are not clothed in love

Every act is for a need.

Just an actor and not self

Have forgotten to be myself

World applauds actually not for me

But for living their expectation.

I was not so years ago

Smile, words & acts

Were in sync with my heart.

For there was no ME in any act.

The endless race in world

Shaped the ME more than myself

People around me pushed me

Be it family, friends or peer.