When Did I Become Old?


When Did I Become Old ?



Was it the day when people
Saw my tired eyes & wrinkle?
Or the day when first time
A child called me uncle?


Was it the day when I left hide and seek
And started playing chess?
Or the day from which
I started to talk less?


Was it the day when I left
the playground & craved for chair?
Or the day when I plucked out
My first white hair?


Was it the day when the
meaning of death, I dared to accept?
Or the day when I started
counting my days left?


Was it the day when
for the first time, I told a lie?
Or the day when people
started calling me shy?


Was it the day when I left my toys
& started playing with words?
Or the day when I realised that
I can’t really fly with the birds?


Was it the day when my toys
were covered with dust?
Or the day when I understood
“ The difference between love & lust ”?


Was it the day when I stopped
playing with sand and dust?
Or the day when first time
People shattered my trust?


Was it the day when I understood
the science behind magic?
Or the day when I started loving stories
Whose ends were tragic?


Was it the day when my taste
in clothes became old-fashioned?
Or the day when I chose a
profession over my passion?


Was it the day when
I started learning the facts?
Or the day when I comprehended
“What is reality & what are acts”?


Was it the day when
I started chasing money?
Or the day when my hairstyle
was no longer funny?


Was it the day when I
crossed my father’s height
Or the day when I became able
to judge what is wrong & what is right?


Was it the day when my credulity
didn’t match the modern time?
Or the day when I deliberately
touched a glass of wine?


Was it the day when
“I started to love a girl”?
Or the day when I hid it
like a precious pearl?


Was it the day when I
started writing poetry?
Or the day when my feelings
were no longer a mystery?


Was it the day when I
started teaching others?
Or the day when I stopped eating
“from the hands of my mother”?


Was it the day when my emotions
didn’t ally my tears
Or the day when my expectations
became my foremost fear?


I don’t know……..
I don’t know the answer…..


The answer to my question
Has never been told?
The question is the same,,
When did I became old………..?


-Deepak Kumar Sahu
06:29:30PM


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