A new life

sometimes we make mistakes. and don't know how to make amends. that's when we lose out on hope, happiness, peace. the life we live then, is the life we wish would end. miserable, ridiculed, built on falsehood & treachery. but then, you can't just end your life right? so, you make your compromises, adjust with the sad truths, pay heavily for your emotions, honesty, goodness and misplaced faith. that yours will be the most beautiful life. come whatever.

but then, beautiful lives can only happen when beautiful minds and hearts unite to make something worthwhile.
not when jealousy creeps in, hatred brews, stealth rules. not when love transforms into deep red marks on the frail skin. not when animosity bleeds through a blow on the eye. not when you silently cry, knowing, there's no one for you. no escape, from a life, you have chosen. by mistake.
mistakes. we pay heavily for them. and learn what no one else could have taught us.

and one fine day, something happens. and you know, all's not lost. yet.

all the veils removed, faces unmasked, venoms tasted, now you know where you stand and what you have earned through these lessons.

a new life.
where you are no more a victim.
where you don't hide your wounds under smiles and dark glasses.

where life...is not that bad.
and there's room for love.

---written for a very dear one.