Have you ever

 Have you ever………

Have you ever opened up to the world

About your hopes, your dreams, your aspirations, your fears, your life?

Do people know the real you

Fragile and unmasked?

Are you apprehensive of being thought of differently if they do?

Looked at contemptuously? 

Being scorned or ridiculed? 

Would it make a significant difference to the life you live? 

Would you lose friends, gain admirers, or both-

For telling it as it is- raw and unfiltered?

Would it shake your confidence to such an extent   

That you end up alone and in therapy?

Or could you tell them your story audaciously, 

Smile contentedly,

And then sit back confidently,

While a raucous drama unfolds

Before your very eyes? 

The self-appointed actors would be gleeful

The dialogues often terse

The audience - aghast.

There would probably be umpteen 

Twists in the tale

With curveballs aplenty!

But life would go on …...