The Winter

Every year I see so many excited souls throng to new places to new places

They wear so many dreams in their eyes to explore the unveiled beauties of India

To relish the pristine panoramic view of green wood and lush greenery

They smile, banish their anxieties, dampen their hectic schedules

And by embracing the cold touch of winter they churn out the apt strategy to start a new year

But my life is completely exceptional from them

I spend the winter with seclusion and solitude

Just exacerbate the pain of winter with my tears

Everywhere I find the silence, pessimism, diffidence, anguish, affliction and screaming of fear

Just check the Facebook updates and whatsapp status to pass the heart rendering times

Every year I assume my winter will be something different

But my assumption becomes wrong and collect that sorrowful state

The winter beckons me to engulf in that, but I can't enjoy

Amid the exuberance of celebration, I search a ray of consolation to bloom a tiny smile.