Gipsy

 I was spiritually more aware as a 

 Young person than I am now

 What really happened to me —

 The world sucked me in? 

 Did I nurture too many aspirations? 

  

 I say ambition isn’t wrong

 But you should know if it’s for you 

 Sooner or later 

 A vagabond Gipsy inside of you

 Admonishes you for being 

 This involved.

  

 But here’s the thing 

 Nothing and no one can solve this puzzle

 Not a careless screw-up

 Not a person of the world

 Everybody is as fucked up as you are —

  

And that mere thought is oddly comforting. 

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Anant Dhavale