I sold my vote to promises, choices to opinions and actions to ideologies. My dreams are limited to sleep, my sleep is limited to the night and life, limited by days. They created jobs to fuel their greed and made me believe pursuing them is passion. I believed whatever I saw was reality, whatever they said was the truth and what they did was right. I worked for my family, paid for ‘whatever’ and lived for the sake of it. Doors closed and roads ended the moment I started thinking about myself, for myself; when I searched for a meaning, a purpose. My education failed to educate me. My masters failed to enlighten me. And then, I failed at everything. I blame everything and everyone. Every time.
My neighbour hates my caste, one religion hates another and we speak of love, holding hatred in our hearts and wish for peace when our fellow humans are limited to those who share our faith. I come from a place where there’s a majority and a minority instead of a community. I am a culmination of everything that’s wrong and right.
I am me. I am you. I am us.