Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra
(Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is a well-known author. She has been honoured with many international/national/ regional level awards. We are extremely thankful to Ms. Neelam ji for permitting us to share her excellent poems with our readers. We will be sharing her poems on every Thursday. Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is an Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Indian Railways, Pune Division. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Masks”. This poem is from her book “The Frozen Evenings”.)
☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 37☆
☆ Masks ☆
I often look at them in awe
And my heart admires the men and women
Who can remain happily
With a mask on their faces!
I’ve tried so many times
To put on these masks of pretense;
But have failed miserably
As it falls down so easily!
These masked people,
Strong and resilient,
Hold on to them
Even under the most precarious situations,
Are at ease even while stabbing
Their innocent preys
And enjoy the helplessness
On their victim’s face!
I admire them for their grit
At going against their conscious’s voice;
I wonder how they are so strong,
May God give them the courage
To face the ultimate truth
Of karma!
© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra
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Unmasking the mask!