I froze...
I looked in those eyes
Staring, stern and lined

It said I couldn't do it
I trusted those words deep 
It told me I was small
It needed minds big
I was not upto it
I stumbled on my way
And kept trying to fit
In a mould which was not mine
For endless streches of time

That face and cold fear
Chilling down my spine
Who was it plotting deep?
Telling me it was time
To let go, let it be
I didn't have it in me

I turned and looked at it
Those eyes? Were they mine?
That face belonged to me
Those lies from my mind? 

It didn't like facing fears
And kept me tucked behind
Hiding in that shadow
I didn't see it was mine

                                                                   Shruti Anand Prada