Beyond What Meets The Eye

To all those, who ask me-
"How much you've lost?"
Or say, "you've become half your size!"
It's my humble plea —

Don’t confine my identity
To these treacherous kilos
They don’t shape
My reality

Shedding the stubborn pounds
Was not a choice
But had become
Literally, my do or die necessity

The ‘hide & seek’,
These inches love to play
Is too vain a brush
To sketch my personality

I'm not my WEIGHT
Or the SIZE, I wear
Don’t judge me by my looks
I'm much deeper than what I appear

I’m the smile on my lips
I'm the 'grey' in my hair
I'm the mischief in my laughter
I'm the pain in my tears

I'm the books I read
I'm the thoughts I speak
I'm the wisdom in my words
I’m the truth, I seek

Without any inhibitions
I may dance or even cry
But under that cloak of confidence
I'm all vulnerable and shy

I'm the songs, I sing so loudly
When I know I'm all alone
I'm the places I've been to
And the one I call my HOME

I'm the photos by my bedside
And the dreams, I see with open eyes
I’m the people, I hold dear
I’m the things, I strongly believe

Worldly-wise yet innocent
Loving mom & caring wife
An opinionated, strong headed woman
That's who I am

A seeker
A wanderer
A mystery, inside an open book
An enigma, happily living her truth

I embrace my dichotomy
For it makes me
The person
I chose to be

Don’t reduce me
To my reduced numbers on scale
I forbid to let them define
The 'ME' that I AM NOT.

19.2.2020