lalitha iyer - Internally Displaced

Displaced internally am I
I dont see
though I am sitting opposite you
I am talking to you
yet I am listening to something else
I am here
yet, I am not here

My thoughts are indisciplined
I dream about things
I have never seen
I see photos of places
I have never been
I live in dream
with men I know not
My dreams are composed of emotions
I cannot ever conceive of

I do things
which I never intent to do
I speak words
which I never have thought of
I act in a way
which is incoherent to myself
Am I not displaced Internally?

My body parts vibrate
or rather shiver and shake
without my brain messages
attimes I can watch my own body
moving without any warning
I wonder who am I
living in or out of this body
and who controls me
or am I a slave of my senses
who like masters or spirits guarding me
dictate what this body should do
or not to do........

lalitha iyer

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