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Buddha: I respect my right to disagree!

In making of me…

By Ekta K. Kalra Published 2 years ago 2 min read

how often I stand alone

in solitude

but i am never lonely

there is always a piece of bread

for me to eat

there is always a glass of water

that can be shared with me

to me they offer gold

if I work sincerely for them

but life is just time

why am I upset?

not smiling with me

but why?

I have the necessities met

but me not met with me

I am hurt deep within

there is relief on another land?

no!

they who hurt me have no name

no community

no religion

no sect

to identify with

for them just wounding

is the way of life

then whether I behave well

or due to them I am in misfit

humans have failed the earth

humans have failed me

the superficial me

Is happy still

but I am not happy within

Want a relief!

want a relief!

from pain within

which shows

when outside stand as another misfit

the tortures of world

the never understanding ways

people in power

how rough are their ways

emotions they don’t respect

they slay

they slay

even if you escape

they in future

make you their prey

want a relief

want a relief

what is relief

may I know again

when Buddha says

its within of me

does he means

senses are of no need?

what I see is fake

what I touch is pure

what I hear is great

what i smell is real me

no! No! No!

I smell the outside world

i see misfit around me

i touch the touch like rape

i feel the misfit around me

it’s not all within me

how can it be

how can it be

only within me

my heart says agree with Buddha

but my brain says No!

no! This another stone

from outside on me

is not from me

is not from me

I feel

I do feel

the outside world

I do feel

I am a living being

interacting with outside world

I don’t make the feel

I feel it

I feel it

that’s what senses do

feel the world around me

not within me

Buddha was wrong

I am free within

but caged exteriorly

that’s what senses reveal

and if at all

we were made just

for within world

why senses came in

in making of you

in making of me?

inspirational

About the Creator

Ekta K. Kalra

I am in search of something inside of me which I know cannot be found outside of me. Real knowledge!

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