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Yatish is an academic of the soul.

 he has a Phd in smiling, a masters in loving and is an undergraduate of life.

He enjoys writing as a way of connecting emotions with experiences.

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Deer in the Headlights

What have we

Done

To make

Our minds

Wander

And our bodies freeze

So

Still?

 

Is it our bodies that

Think

And our

Minds that

Move?

 

Is it that both have

Meaning

Or

We make up

Something

That they mean

Just to find satisfaction in our minds

And

Solace in our

Bodies?

 

Because the average

Of our days is the

Meanest

Thing

Of

All.

 

You see clearly

What others drift away from

So dearly

My dear,

Dearest,

Deer.

 

The headlights were too bright,

But the car was too slow.

 

You’re wounded.

 

But not nearly alive

Enough to tell how

This headlight

Put light into your

Head,

Or your head into the

Light.

 

Hold on tight,

Because it’s not a tunnel

You’re going through,

But a path

You’re finding

Is leading you

Blinded.

 

Staring straight at a flashlight

Doesn’t kill you.

 

It makes you wander.

 

Keep on staring.

 

I dare you.

 

Those spots that form

Aren’t pieces of knowledge that you’ve

Gained

But cells

That you’ve lost.

 

Because the prison of our

Sight

Is it doesn’t fill us with

Fright

Or

Might

Or even

Light.

 

We cannot unsee

And can only try to forget,

Only for the sake of

Remembering.

 

But my dear,

Deer,

The headlights

Were only the beginning.

 

Because the car

Wasn’t what wounded

You.

 

It was thinking that the

World was

So

Warm

And that

That headlight

Was only just

Barely

Bright

Enough

To blind you for a

Second.

 

You see,

There are millions of cars,

But only one uniquely

You.

 

Advice:

 

Stop at the crossing,

And look out

At

The

View.

 

You’ll find,

It means

It will end up

Not

Being

The last thing

You’ll

Ever

Do.

 

Be blinded by passion,

But remember to always

Understand

What you might

Rue.

 

One day,

You’ll be

Standing

Next to a wonderful

Stew.

 

Let your body stop,

But your mind never

Should

Too.

 

Let your mind wander

And your thoughts shall

Brew.

 

What’s the sweetest thing to dream,

But

Of

You,

Staring at the

View?

 

Dearest

Deer,

Drink the honey,

Thank the bees,

Stop at the crossing

And all shall be

Exactly how it’s meant to

Be.

 

Look back my

Deer in the Headlights.

 

Because if you only look forward,

You’ll lose your vision,

And ambition.

 

And your essence

Shall fly away.

 

Even though you’re grounded

Today,

You may fly tomorrow.

 

Don’t let it be from blindness

Or boredom,

But from

Imagination

And

Creation.

 

Stop at the crossing,

Look at the view,

A deer in the headlights

Is a distaster

Set for

Two.

 

I don’t want it to be the last

Thing you

Do.

 

And certainly,

Most certainly,

It’s not what I would

Ever

Expect

Of

You.

Lost & Found