....your Back to the Wall

....Your Back to the Wall

My next piece of work with an entirely different chain of thoughts. A slightly different concept and attempt. Posting this with after a lot of initial hesitation. Would love thoughts and feedback. ANYONE SHARING THIS ..SMALL REQUEST TO PLEASE TAG ME ON THE SHARE. Would love to hear reactions and perspectives.

Now for the dissection of the thought. 

At the outset - READ IT TWICE (to experience 2 perspectives)

Is the poem intended to portray a dark truth? Maybe, and there seems to be an attempt to. A dark truth that we as a society are very well aware of, empathize with and feel strongly about but choose to subtly turn away from and live with - whether we are the "victim" herself or a mere onlooker. Issue is this form of harassment is not physical or verbal that can be addressed, but it lurks everywhere. And many a time nothing gets done because its an evil that does not physically harm anyone but causes deep mental and emotional trauma - that uneasy, disgusting, unnerving feeling of being "watched" and "scanned" and the sheer helplessness and anger of being unable to do anything about it. Almost like being trapped with back to wall and no escape. Obviously am sure no words of mine can describe it but am sure one half the population of the world would know exactly how it must feel like.

Does the poem also make a most bizarre comparison or analogy? Yes it does. Maybe it hits as "untimely unwanted dark humour" that dilutes the gravity of the truth. In fact, this comparison, much like our society does, depicts an intentional deviation and dilution of the enormity of this dark truth by focusing tangentially elsewhere (much like how society handles this issue). In the poem, however, while it does make us turn away from the truth, the intention is not to ignore it but to leave a lingering thought. However to experience both the truth and the comparison, PLEASE DO READ THE POEM TWICE to experience both the perspectives. 

A wild and unpolished attempt. But intentionally, I did not want to adulterate this particular train of thought with polish. Wanted to throw it in as is.

Written in free verse style. No flowery language and meant to be read just the way we talk. Do read and leave your thoughts.