Have you
ever talked to people?
“Oh, you’re
a Potterhead? Isn’t it the best series, like ever!”
-
No.
“But I
thought you are a Harry Potter fan.”
Yes, I love the Harry Potter series
dearly.
It gave me my role model before I
entered my teens.
Many life lessons within the story
divided into seven.
But have you ever looked into the
tales that came before?
It came at the right time for the
kids of the 90s
But that doesn’t make it the best,
when you can’t even define ‘ever’.
Have you
ever talked to people?
“What are
your plans after the class?”
-
Probably
I will watch a movie, or two.
“But I
thought you are a book lover.”
-
Yes
“Then you
must prefer books over movies.”
No, books and movies are two
different fields.
Who said I can’t love them both?
I am not sorry I left you puzzled,
or am I?
A book lover need not be
fixated with pages.
A movie buff need not be fixated with scenes.
Interdependent, correlated, call them what you may.
I love them both, but of course, it won’t make me a ‘book lover’ then.
Have you
ever talked to people?
“I thought
you are more of a T-shirt person?”
-
I am.
“It suits
you, girly clothes not so much.”
I am a girl who loves her baggy
jeans.
T-shirts are her comfort zones,
Who would want to walk on stilettos all
day long?
But it won’t mean I don’t love them
at all.
For people like you, who know not
anything
But what they see the way they want
to see,
No explanation can help your
momentarily puzzled brain at all.
Have you
ever talked to people?
“Oh, you
fit into this category.”
-
Yes.
“But then,
how do like something from the other category?”
Categories we have made,
generalising everything
To help us create an identity among
the billions
But why have we become accustomed to
such an idea
Where identity needs to be definite,
not more than one?
Why have we drawn boundaries?
Why have we limited ourselves to be
this much,
When we can possibly be so much?
Why is singularity so important to
us.
When no two humans can be the same?
Have you
ever talked to people?
“Do you
know categories will limit this conversation?”
-
Yes.
“So let’s
take the pain, debunk this generalisation,
Accept the
chaos within and beyond,
Let’s get
to know each other a little more,
A little
less, perhaps
In this multiverse
of possibilities,
Let’s celebrate our individuality
Let’s
celebrate our plurality.”
Even if I hadn’t done it so far,
Now I think I finally can,
Talk to people, talk to the world.
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