Posted on by Lishaka Gulati

Out of Sorts

Everything went so bad so fast

And all I wanted was not to let that feeling last

And last it did

Beyond immeasurable hours

Or atleast it felt that way

That the whole world around me was tumbling down

Like I’m just a face with a frown, who’s waiting for my feelings to drown

Eyes swollen, heart heavy

Here we go again

Let’s make the car go revvy

Posted on by Lishaka Gulati

I wrote this in 2020 – 21 while going through a difficult time

everyone around you is making plans
all you want
is to get away
run away from it all

because being around people
makes you feel
like you’re under a perilous scan

you apologize, to escape from the plan
because they just wouldn’t understand
what it feels like inside your head
like misery galore, I think

you give these excuses so lame
that they got no option, but to look at you with pity and shame

you know that everyone wants what’s best for you
but no one sees, how it really feels
to be thrown everyday into the unknown
and how it just never heals

you don’t want to trouble anyone
by explaining, what you are having to endure
because each has their own struggles
on such a spree, that makes them unsure

© Lishaka Gulati