The Labyrinth of Loneliness
I miss those days when I loved being alone,
Away from the chaos, away from the rush,
Living with the serenity of my soul.
But now, I am scared to be alone.
My company isn’t jovial anymore.
For it keeps giving me reminiscences.
Indulging in old memoirs is my habit now.
It has snatched away the peace of my mind,
The serenity of my soul.
I am engulfed badly by my past.
O, I miss those days when I loved being alone!
That was not how being alone felt.
When you have it all, you still lack something.
When you want to flee away, you are held back by demons in your head.
When you are tired of the mayhem within.
When you want to be heard, you are left alone in your solitude.
When you are in the phase of making a choice, choose one and lose the other.
That is when you are lonely.
That is when you start hating being alone.
That is when melancholy takes over every cluster of happiness.
That is when you are me.
Yashasvi Shukla (16) is a student of Anand Bhawan School, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh.