I Try My Best

I can feel this restlessness in me

screaming to haunt someone

trying its best to overpower me

Do I give in to it? or do I run?

I feel the worry sweep over me

as my friends look at me with that mischievous glint

forcing me with their eyes, to turn into the monster I have never been

for the demon to come out, they drop hints

until one day I just, I have to

give over the control, because how long can I try?

All I want is acceptance from this world

but the world has set too many expectations filled with lies.

By Tarini Dayal