Sublimely Exquisite

Life

1.0: Animalistic

We live in darkness,
Claim bite for bite.
Animals in human skins,
Futile to deny.

Our instincts take over
And that is how-
We howl our joy
And express our lives.

2.0: Humane

We live a lie for a life.

Forging new destinies,
On else's chosen paths.
Ignoring our desires,
And succumbing to others' ideals.

Losing our track and,
Finding someone else's;
Is what we're proud of, these days.

These days,
We live a lie for a life.

-Vaidehi Deshpande