Lost identity
Gayatri Das 2005 (Tezpur, Assam)
Lost identity
Enjoying the praises of others
For tasks never had I dared doing
Today , I am one of the fools
Among the crowd of many
As world's false plaudits
Started making my days beautiful
And nights filled with agony and self- doubt.
Today , I lost my identity
To this world's ephemeral pleasures
Leaving behind no trails
Of the path I travelled through
To go back to where I belonged
Whence I was scolded for my mistakes
Was praised for my real brave-doings
And I was surely proud of my own self .
But alas! --- nothing seems possible now
As I lost myself ...
About this poem
It's about the realisation of losing one's own identity while struggling to strive in the real world that one faces as one grows up .
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Written on November 02, 2023
Submitted by agayatridas on February 11, 2023
Modified on April 17, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXXBXXX BAXXXXXC XC |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 889 |
Words | 122 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 8, 2 |
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