There are no walls to block
There are no boundaries to limit,
Neither are there any restrictions round the clock,
Yet, I love to stay in my own safe shell.

I think of speaking out,
Later regret for not,
Otherwise regret for what I spoke.
For not regretting anymore, I prefer to be in my own safe shell.

Smitten by the enthralling active world around me,
Gave a try to imitate it, as usual, miserably did I fail,
For lauding and laughing has not been my cup of tea.
The years within my safe shell has made me confined to myself..

This unnoticed invisible shell,
Will one day become inviable and die.
I will forget it like how I will be forgotten after my last breath..
From a distant star I see a child, longing to get back to the 'Safe Shell'.

So cunningly even without your knowledge,
Fake boundaries it builds,
Makes discovering the real you rather impossible,
I wish and pray the child hears my cry..
"Even I was once a prey. The safe shell isn't any safe."
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