Unleash Your Potential!

~ Srikant Rao

A walk down memory lane ala time travel

Where the feet feels no tar, grass or gravel

The next moment holding a conversation

Can’t place any context, relevance or juxtaposition

A few continents across, awed by a visual treat

Short-lived experience with no traces of cold or heat

Running down a narrow alley, dark and scary

Chased by a monster, hoping to be rescued by a fairy

Standing on a podium, receiving an award

Unaware of the feat that deserved the reward

Seamless travel through places, time and emotions

Without a dime, card or currency of any denomination

Emergence of an unseen pit, sliding down deep into the rabbit hole

Found myself on the other side with eyes wide open as if I just hit a pole

Our mind can do wonders – Alas! Freedom is availed only when we’re fast

asleep

It’s caged and chained with our prejudices and preconceived notions when