Author: Anvesha Jaiswal, Class X B
Everyone has them
about everything.
Yours can never be mine;
mine can never be yours.
We can never see through each other’s lenses;
each other’s instilled hierarchies,
each other’s way of thinking,
each other’s basis for judgment:
our perceptions.
Everyone thinks about things
but who thinks about everything?
Who thinks obsessively?
Who thinks ignorantly?
But, who doesn’t think at all?
We’ll never see through each other’s lenses.
Everyone wants success;
but what is success for her?
What is success for him?
What is success for me?
What is true success?
We’ll never see through each other’s lenses.
Everyone makes plans
but who actually follows them?
Who cheats themselves?
Who forgets?
And who tries to?
We’ll never see through each-other’s lenses:
our perceptions.
But were they ever truly ours;
or were they just superficial justifications shaped by others’ opinions?
