between sky and land

I’ve been taking risks since I was a young kid.

Running away from the neighbourhood
and chasing dragonflies, I was restless like an oscillating pendulum,
except I had no fix joint.
Collecting fireflies in a jar at breezy nights, I’d sleep cosily in my mother’s lap.

I’ve been taking risks since I was thirteen.
Playing hide and seek with some bastards
and hiding in an abandoned building,
I started abusing nonchalantly.

I’ve been taking risks since I entered college.
Not giving a fuck about grades
and sleeping at the last bench in a drunken state,
I was debarred from giving the semester exam.

I’ve been taking risks since I started doing my first job.
Quitting my jobs time and again
and fearing from having a monotonous life,
I wrote many resignation emails.

I’ve been taking risks since I learnt how to climb a ladder.
Climbing up and deliberately falling,
I felt alive when I was between sky and land.

***

buy my books on amazon - redhya