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What I Demand

Updated: Aug 28, 2020

You might now guess this mystery

yet, I repeat-

What I demand will always be a

mystery.



Neither bling nor riches

nor a part of your history.

But what I demand,

will always be a mystery.


It is but naive to understand

if you try to-

try to understand, try to explore

what lies beneath my shield,

what lies beyond my horizon.


The chains around my soul,

load burdening my dreams,

storms beating away my bud

before it will ever bloom.


Yet, here I stand

still, still as a canvas

that is yet to be painted;

helpless, wondering of the sun

blazing with a ray of hope-

hope to fly amongst the blessed

hope to die amongst the blessed.


You might now guess this mystery

yet, I repeat-

What I demand will always be a

mystery.


For it is not a song that can be sung,

not a talk of the endless dreams

that fade away like passing clouds,

but as chaste as the love one experiences,

as innocent as the toddler yet

to walk his first step.


What I demand

is a chance, an opportunity;

not yours, not hers

but mine-

mine to live with, mine to die with

and mine to be with.

To see it be born again, crawl again

walk again, laugh again, dance again

love again and live again.


And now I say

and I say it firmly;

What I demand

is no longer a mystery.

For- it is life,

my life.


- Sparsh Chandra

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