Who Am I

Am I just a face with a name, playing many roles in life’s game–

Child, friend, parent, lover–the roles that people admire,

Or a soul that dreams and aspires before I eternally  retire

Who am I ??

A heart  full of  compassion, embracing every imperfection and rejection

A hand that holds tight when dreamy, seductive tomorrow is still a fight

A shoulder where tears gather and the myth of reality shatters

A mind that never plays games and  lips that never say the names

Eyes that dream beyond the sky, full of hope on life’s uneven slope

Who am I ??

An unheard tune lost in my own dreamy cocoon

An unfinished painting from an artist’s musing

A beautiful memory that would turn life itself into reverie

An inspiration that seeks no validation

Who am I ??

I am more than just a face with a name

But only if you could see the same

My love knows no pretence, a pleasing fragrance that burns like an incense

I am like a whiff  of air that surrounds you for a moment

Remains unnoticed but yet so potent

Like a fleeting whisper, a gentle sigh,

A subtle presence, unnoticed by.

Lolita Bhattacharya