This is a touching reflection on unfulfilled dreams, emotional detours, and the quiet pain of losing oneself in the quest for acceptance and love. This poem reveals the inner conflict of living for others while suppressing his own truth, only to discover that not every journey brings joy—and not every path is meant to be walked.

Yet, through heartbreak and weariness, the poem leaves us with a quiet resilience—the enduring will to keep living with honesty and hope, even in the face of sorrow.

A Road Not Meant for Me

My dreams once bright, now lie so still,
They never came, though wished with will.
What I held close slipped through like sand,
My day turned dusk and faded from hand.

The ones I loved walked out the door,
But their silence echoing evermore.
While strangers stayed & shaped my fate,
A twist of time, I learned too late.

To please the world, I lost my voice,
And buried truth beneath their choice.
The questions life asked seemed so small,
Yet answers hurt the most of all.

I tried to build with hope and grace,
To bring some light to every place.
But joy grew thin, and smiles would fade,
And dreams I had, just turned to shade

I reached for love to feel complete,
But lost myself in each defeat.
Now weary steps tread silently—
This road was never meant for me.

Not every star will heal the night,
Not every wrong can turn out right.
But still I hope, and still I try,
To live with truth before goodbye.
(Vijay Verma)

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