Dr. Shruti Shankar Gaur

I don’t know how others focus

On one thing at a time

My mind’s all over the place,

Ringing the chime.

I don’t know how others

Feel settled in life

The moment I find my balance,

I discover a new turn.

I don’t know how others

Decide on one thing,

After all

I am always greeted with duality.

I want this

And I want that

Problem is both are apart

At least in my head and my heart.

This has been a childhood pattern,

Me wanting both

In equal concussion,

All my life there were two options.

But I love both!

If I want beauty,

I want the brain too.

Without both, what will I do?

To my older self, they were opposites.

Today, I know they are one.

It’s the duality of life,

I have accepted and acknowledged.

Both were always one,

It was my illusion

That prevented me from,

Celebrating the whole spectrum.