I was in dark for quite a long time,
I think I was jailed for something
But I didn’t know what was my crime!
To break the wall, several times I tried,
But the kidnapper whispered to me,
Shhhh!! It’s not the time.

And then the time came and my wait was over,
I was in a different world, it was glittering everywhere.

Excited I was, to walk.
I walked and I fell,
Started talking and then learnt to yell.
I started to do a thing that most people in this world found downstream,
I was a criminal acc to them because I dared to dream.
Afraid I was to climb the stairs,
Took baby steps at first, then got courage to gear.

I kept climbing with doubts and confusion,
I fell thousand times before reaching to my destination.

People come and people go,
To stand out, you need to break that row.
Something kept me going, in-spite of all the falls,
You will come out shining if you overcome your fears, once and for all.

There is a big wall between everybody and his dreams,
Never let anyone tell you that your dreams are unreal, no matter how hard they scream.
Nothing in this world is unreal and that you’ll realize,
It’s a myth created by people who never really tried.
Do not limit your dreams, for how people assume,
Your limitation to walk for anything you want is there, only till you are inside your mother’s womb.

Yukti Trivedi