Song of life

My life is a book

Open for all to read.

I hide nothing

I pretend nothing.

I keep mum

Yet, I understand everything.

Some pages, as you flip by

Take you down the memory lane.

You smile, you laugh

You go crazy and insane.

Some pages make you relive

The sad moments all over again.

Some pages, as you flip by

Are too heavy to be carried along

They put a burden on the soul.

The more you contemplate and introspect,

The more you feel exhausted and drained.

My life is in true sense,

A reflection of the people around.

People who hid behind 

Masks, that are multilayered.

Their true face is never shown

Their reality is never known.

I love my life 

And celebrate every moment.

Leaving behind, 

The people who pull me down

I simply smile and move on.