What Do You Do?

By Pooja Gupta

What do you do?

When you have so much to say,

But the fear of overwhelming the listener, keeps you from saying anything at all.

What do you do?

When you’ve got a billion opinions,

But you’d rather shut up, because the words coming out of your mouth may just not be valued enough.

What do you do?

When you don’t want to care,

But you can’t help being the you that you are, and end up caring a little too much.

What do you do?

When you’re aiming perfection,

But you’re simply tired of nothing ever turning out to be perfect, as per your perfection scale.

What do you do?

When you know it’s not worth it,

But you can’t do it any worse than your best.

What do you do?

When they say, “I’m proud of you”,

But you’re only wondering, what could have possibly made them think that way.

What do you do?

When you’ve always been the one who was looked up to,

But you don’t feel like you’re that person anymore.

What do you do?

When people push you to open up,

But little did they know, for every word you say, there’s so much fear of being misunderstood that follows.

What do you do?

When you’ve set your bars so high,

But you’re the one who gets exhausted, trying to constantly live up to it.

What do you do?

When the only reason you’re living, is for being that person you’ve always pictured yourself to be,

But life seems to have something else in store.

By Pooja Gupta