I closed my eyes
And opened my inner eyes
To know whom I have been guarding behind
This ‘I’?
My inner eyes
Took me to the innermost depth of this ‘I’,
Where I discovered another ‘I’,
And came to know the truths
Revealed to me by the ‘I’ within ‘I’.

(This poem is part of the series titled ‘Journey Inward’, where I am going to publish 30 poems on spirituality, introspection and self-discovery. You can read the other poems of this series from here.)

(I am participating in the Na/GloPoWriMo Challenge 2025.)