FACE IN THE MIRROR

Mainak Dhar

Childhood years spent imagining,

infinite possibilities ahead.

Little time or thought given,

to the path you really want to tread.

Youth of disappearing choices,

things you can never be or have.

Till one day you see in the mirror,

a stranger staring back.

Rest of your life spent reconciling,

the chasm in your mind,

between the face in the mirror,

and the dreams you left behind.