--- title: Break Free date: 2008-03-24T15:17:01Z modified: 2008-03-24T15:17:01Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/break-free/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 178 categories: - Life Poems author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2008-03-24T15:17:01Z tags: - Life Poems --- stuck inside inside this shell i long to break out away from all this mundane life i wish to break free of this boring routine materialistic ambitions galore swimming against a tide (that we call life) fast at times slow at another stuck once in a while i lay buried under a [sea](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/pebbles-of-the-sea.md) of desires meaningless most of the time necessity once in a while clueless for the rest i wait like a shadow in the night like a fly around a light like a rebel wanting to break free i wait i am tired trying to make sense of this humdrum [existence](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/existence.md) life is now a high speed car race drive fast to stay with the pack drive slow and be left behind its all happening too fast living in a circus walking a tightrope everyday smiling to one and all juggling everything that is thrown another day, another act another mindless [journey](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/journey.md) putting on a brave face wearing a new make-up each time On and on, does anybody know what we are living for? Outside the day has dawned But inside in the dark i want to break free… —————————————————————————————————————— Inspiration: Couple of songs by "Queen, Green Day, Metallica, Cranberries".