Joker In The Pack

Life has always been for me

Like a deck of  playing cards

There are kings, queens and jacks

While I , the joker stands apart

I have watched on quietly

As life's hand after hand is dealt

And with each game that is played

Only worthlessness is all I've felt

People have rarely noticed me

Kept my opinions and wishes aside

I stayed on the peripheries of life

Compromising with my pride

I am to be used as and when

Things are not going so great

I do what is required of me

But my heart carries this sad weight

With a pained smile on my face 

I sadly gaze into their eyes

Entertaining the kings and queens 

while my whole being aches and cries

So you see, In a world so bright

I live all alone, night after night

I am the useless Joker 

Ignored by the orchestrators of life 

©Renu Vyas