Into The Wild

Into The Wild......

Every now and then, I realise,there dwells a 'gypsy' in my mind,
& I know, this phenomenon is just  one of it's kind.

One fine day,he wants to be rebellious,
& shedding all his docility,he   becomes ferocious.

He wants to defy all the shackles of civilization,
& to go on, on a lone nomadic expedition.

To sour and touch, the limitless skies, to dive into deep oceans.
Wants to live and pursue, for once, his life's true passion.

To see, to explore, to experience nature's bounties,
That exist within and beyond all the boundaries.

For once,  to convince  'the self', that " I do dare ",
Without the slightest hesitation or a single prayer.

Wants to meet up with that much dodging happiness, in it's solitude,
Would like to show it and the world, what it's like 'to have an attitude'

Beyond the cozy comforts and into the wild,
Enough of everything about life, being ' just mild'

Just then he realizes. ......

"When I am gone, no one would care,
On my grave, there would never be, a single tear.

That everything is  worthless, with no one to share",
Even 'a gypsy' has, deep within, a 'molten core'.

Once again meekly, he comouflages within me and adorns 'the shackles',
And I keep wondering , how easily, every situation, he tackles.
...........Nilima Deshpande.p