Get factual, be real, discard imaginary fantasy, you say
Look at things as they are, in real practical terms
Can you see it, touch it, hear it, smell it
No? then throw it out of the window!
Ask the common man and he 'll tell you
No reality movies for me, too much of it in daily life
Give me fantasy, make believe, a chance atleast on screen
To whip a goon, unjust boss, a corrupt politician!
In any case whose experience is the real experience?
what is real , unreal? Just because you don't experience
Colour, caste and other discrimination
doesn't mean it doesn't exist in other's reality
Rejecting reality doesn't change it buddy!
When I believe my view, based on my thought, experience
Is the true and only reality, it provokes
The subjectivities, inconsistencies in others
Soon one calls the other "Stupid", "Misinformed"
After touching different parts of an elephant
Fought and argued over how a real elephant would be!
NB: I recited this poem during the Seniors Today Poetry meet on 15th September 2023
Reality is subjective too.
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