Social Face

the questions are same
with too many answers
wasn't i told
there are 360 degrees

at each with same droplets
a different color emerges
yet, 0 and 360 are not,
all the same, perceptions

smiles, all but same
each have different depth
some are lips, some teeth
while some eyes & even some soul

yet, the questions are same
each with different depth of smile
each have its own social face
and the one projections
each is scared to show
like that insect which oozes tears to protect itself
from harm of rays or touch
everyone's soul is timid
they say, its the core
but its scared
even when the soul is same
no one wants to show it
only the face, they see

I am here, scared
with my head, feet, heart bruised
and lips too
but it stretches
the depth of smile is 3.14mm
they say the circle is formed with that length;
so smile must return to soul;


I stand there to reach a 10 ft tall tree
there it is - the soul's cloth
its not me, not myself
I chose one cloth to show it to the world
its white, the color of purity
thats what I want to show
its perception, you see
that's what it is, the social face






- Shweta Singh