Something I Look At-422 Poem by Smruti Ranjan Mohanty

SOMETHING I LOOK AT-422
BY- SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

I do not know
what I mean to you,
or where I stand
in this sky full of stars,
each radiant, resplendent in its own right,
while I drift—dull, dim,
without my own light.

I do not know
how to belong in this grand display
of grace and splendour,
where I stumble through silence,
lost in the glitter
of well-dressed smiles and cheers.

This world moves
to the rhythm of grace, beauty,
wealth, and power.

I, a wounded soul
with only a trembling heart,
stand unheard and unseen
in an empty corner.

Nothing walks with me—
not time, not tide,
not even hope.
Even my shadow
has left long since.

Yet still, I move.
Step by step toward a mirage,
where pain waits
like an old friend
I never learned
to live without.

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty
India
5.6.2025
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