Like a prisoner 
I am caught 
In the tangles of my own thoughts
I try to free me  from its long tresses  but in vain.. 
 I know there is no escape 
but to live with my wilderness and fancies.. 
And the day I untangle the knots 
to liberty 
I will be just a stranger even to me
 devoid of all emotions
So let me glide into the unknown 
to my world of reveries.
Let the knots get tightened 
And leave me helpless
No…. I dont seek freedom 
and fall into forlorn emptiness 
I would  rather be imprisoned 
In my wild illusions and myriad dreams
and  pacify the quest 
Of my anguished soul…….

Sreekala Menon