Sunday, February 17, 2008

They Say I am Mad

They say I am mad
Is this because I look so sad?
They find me different from themselves
What they can’t handle, can’t be but bad

When I am silent they love to confer
But when I speak, I find them dumb
If my eyes are full of tears, they maul
But if I smile, their ire would not succumb

They say I don’t belong to them
To live with them I have to change
I have to breathe with their consent
And perhaps die of this rage


---Written By: Ammara Khan

2 comments:

Umair said...

Well, "Madnees" is a question of degree. If someone is somewhat different in some aspects from the society and its norms, one is labelled "mad" by the society.

So, it's a relative term. Nothing to worry about.

Ammara said...

yeah .. everything that is different from the usual is labelled as pathologic..
but its also true that every truth was first taken as a malady..