Happy young boy!

Let me narrate to you a story,

About a happy young boy;

He lived with his extended family,

Wealthy and full of joy.

Grew up- studied well,

Never knowing where to go;

So always did what was expected of him,

Just kept his head low.

Soon he realised,

Life isn't just shades of grey;

As he stepped out of his bubbled life,

He thought it was better to be somewhere away.

But a leap of faith is a leap nonetheless,

Not everyone always make it through;

Decided to stay where he was,

And the feeling of not-belonging just grew.

Mediocrity gave way to disappointment,

Pent up emotions made him anxious;

When approval never came from close quarters,

The never fading want of it made him obnoxious.

He was told he wasn't good at ANYTHING,

Not even at being a son;

Maybe that is when depression beared its teeth,

Sucked up all the joy and dried up all the fun.

He decided to fight these monsters head-on,

He wasn't going to lay his arms down;

But little did he realise,

Accepting the presence of these monsters was enough for all to scorn and frown.

Alone once again -with his enemies inside him,

He chose to battle for his life;

His strength to defeat his own vices,

Became a reason for outside strife.

Every good story should end with a moral,

Well his is a little too true;

Tears, loneliness and struggle is the bleak reality,

Why else do you think the sky above is always blue!

~Saurav Goyal