We-Till-Go

Still remember the day as a kid of eleven
I first saw you greeting my ankle
Small and pure white, I wondered at you
Oblivious of the bearing you would have forever.

You started gaining control
Winning all the fights that we put
The worry passed on to me and I began to feel sick
And found ways to hide you under-cover.

Feeling of inferiority I felt
Those looks of people and sympathy of unknowns
I began to retrace into a shell
And the hatred for you grew stronger.

The so-called loved ones
Showed their back and walked away from me
The same me was an insult to them
And found newer ways to see me never.

Then I began to realize
What true love really meant and what society was about
The dreamer, the emotional fool in me died
And new I emerged much stronger.

Freedom I felt
From the opinions of the world and their ways
The realization that you are your own best friend
And nothing in this world lasts forever.

I embraced you
For because of you I realized my true self
You gave me much more than you took away
And I couldn’t have asked for anything better.

I shudder when I imagine
What I would have been without you
My guide and my friend, you my vitiligo
Till end comes, don’t leave, we stay together.