I have more than one life in me
The confident, the timid, the stranger
The explorer, the optimist, the vagabond
The professional and the philosopher
Each day I fly a new flag
Wear a new hat
Think of what I haven’t thought before
Tell a new story

Sometimes there’s an audience
At times I’m all alone on the stage
But I scarcely notice
For I’m playing the role for the moment
Riding the ebbs and flows
While nursing the cobwebs of illusions
To live yet another day

But then, who’s the real me?
I sometimes ponder
While floating in the mists of my mind
And toying playfully
With my own silence

Subir Chakraborty
3rd June 2025