Perception glasses(short poem)

I never thought that I would come back to the city,

That once gave me a homely feeling,

Because I was wearing my old perception glasses.

I hated so much about the city, the surrounding people,

That I left that city with so much hatred in my mind,

Because I was wearing my old perception glasses.

I always blamed the gossiping people,

But never tried to reason why they acted like that,

Because I never changed my perception glasses.

People perceive things as they are brought up,

Going out of my comfort zone,

I realized that we perceive things also through our surroundings,

It really isn’t the fault in people,

But I never tried to come out of my comfort bubble,

Because I was wearing my old perception glasses.

I was divorced and afraid of people asking about it,

I never saw that it was just their own perception glasses

Because, I never tried to change my perception glasses.

Divorce is a journey that I had to perform by myself,

Expecting someone to understand what I’m going through,

Wasn’t my part to be judgemental, what actually was,

To change my old perception glasses.

I came to this new city where no one cared about my divorce,

No one was interested in my life,

That’s when I realized that,

The only person who was there during my journey was me,

The only person I should have listen was just me,

The only person I should have cared long back was just me,

What people say and judge about my situation,

Was just their old perception glasses…

But I always had a chance to choose,

Whether I would adapt their perception glasses or change mine.