What hides underneath all those layers?
The layers you got padded with since birth?
The layers you did not get to choose
But accept without questioning
The unwarranted layers
You feel comforted in
The layers
You think
Define you
Your identity
Your being
Your existence
Peel away the layers
My friend
Peel
Layer
After layer
Until
You emerge
To yourself
Shailaja Rao, Dhanak of Humanity
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