Untouched Bliss

By Prerna Dhiman

It never stayed, even if 

I wanted it to but it didn’t. 

It’s like I couldn’t fully touch bliss. 

It stayed with everyone but not me. 

I guess it had some kind of rivalry with me cause it remaineduntouchedby me. Every time I felt some kind of way, it left me longing for more. 

Seemed to me like a white light at the end of the tunnel that felt unreachable.... 

....That darkness kept consuming me till it made me realize that it cameout of me, waiting for it to be embraced. 

It was then, that I claimed my strength to walk through the gloomypaththat I had left stranded for a longtime. 

As I kept stepping forward to reach out for the light, the shadowof darkness that was lurking behind me earlier, started to dissolveintothelight that seemed to be unattainable before. 

As astonished I was, I came to realize I was indeed running awayfromthe light that was no different than the darkness, for my wholelife.

As much as I was chasing the bliss; the light It was all within me!

By Prerna Dhiman