I’m surrounded by many, yet isolated and alone, <br />I tried to reach out to the people with just and fair …….. <br />But succeeded in taking hold of empty dust in the air; <br />I’m a broken heart in utter despair of being alone! <br />Mingle-mangle, jingle-jangle! A lone squirrel hides in the dingle! <br /> <br />I am fed of living everyday – a sick rose, <br />It's library routine for my dreams turning into gray – a grey rose; <br />I am fed of dying every way – a faded rose, <br />Dawn to dusk, I'm being tortured by loneliness' husk – a blue rose! <br />Mingle-mangle, jingle-jangle! A lone squirrel hides in the dingle! <br /> <br />Loneliness pulled wool over my eyes, I – a woolgatherer! <br />Loneliness pulled rug over my creativity, I and it stay together; <br />Day after day always putting on a happy face - outside, <br />While I'm butchered by aching numbness - inside. <br />Mingle-mangle, jingle-jangle! A lone squirrel hides in the dingle! <br /> <br />A mask of plastic happiness often covers my tear and fear, <br />In my husk a silent flame burns perennially with a hiccup; <br />I act with all, day by day in the sale, playing roles without any make-up, <br />Yikes! One day there will be no more mask for me to wear. <br />Mingle-mangle, jingle-jangle! A lone squirrel hides in the dingle! <br /> <br />My life is moving slowly like a tortoise as loneliness appears, <br />I'm lonely as I watch the world passing and crossing through my way, <br />One midnight, loneliness dressed in blue lurked in my doorway, <br />ONE DAY this mask will be NO MORE, if only loneliness disappears! <br />Mingle-mangle, jingle-jangle! A lone squirrel hides in the dingle!<br /><br />Harindhar Reddy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mingle-mangle-jingle-jangle-a-lone-squirrel-hides-in-the-dingle/
