Props

You were called
Sophisticated
Yes
The chic clothes
Were your props
The perfume
Your halo
You carried yourself
Well
But then
There were so many aids
Stripped of them
You panicked
The person in you
Had had
Too many crutches
The two feet
The mind
Were not enough
You ran for cover

Preeti Tej Singh has written two books of poetry. The first was called ‘I’ . The second book is called Simantini (Boundless). She blogs at https://preetisinghpoetry.blogspot.com/