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[447] The Potential In You

I mask a mask of โฃ
survival that has โฃ
overstayed its welcome likeโฃ
drizzle after a stormโฃ
โฃ
The mask is a shapeshifterโฃ
an excuse spitter, so naturallyโฃ
it dreads questions that revealโฃ
its truest nature, so I dare askโฃ
โฃ
What do you fear to admit?โฃ
How deep is your survivors’ guilt?โฃ
What disappointments do you hide?โฃ
What memory do you block through denial?โฃ
Does grief stop you from loving again?โฃ
Which illusions make you stay the same?โฃ
What are the attachments that you canโ€™t let go of?โฃ
โฃ
The answer is the realisationโฃ
that the question needs an explorationโฃ
into its deepest roots โฃ
into the unconscious youโฃ
that will come forward in pain orโฃ
rain that will subside โฃ
and open up a new skyโฃ
of your new iridescence life

NaPoWriMo Day 28: Our prompt today (optional, as always), is to write a poem that poses a series of questions. The questions could be a mix of the serious (โ€œWhat is the meaning of life?โ€) and humorous (โ€œWhatโ€™s the deal with cats knocking things off tables?โ€), the interruptive (โ€œCould you repeat that?โ€) and the conversational (โ€œAre those peanuts? Can I have some?โ€). You can choose to answer them โ€“ or just let the questions keep building up, creating a poem that asks the reader to come up with their own answer(s).

Let me know if you liked this poem in the comments below!

Rahul Gaur

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33 responses to “[447] The Potential In You”

  5. Well said. But for some reason, I love your first stanza. It’s almost like a rap song said in one breath. Now I’m not a rapper, far far from it. But I listen to some rap songs, and when I read that first stanza, in my mind I was rapping it ๐Ÿ™‚ But I love the whole poem. Magnificent work.

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