She is afflicted

They hurt her intensely.

It’s paining... deep inside her heart.

Still a hope lingers in her mind...

Someday they will realise

That she was not wrong.

A hope that they will hug her

And say that they love her.

She embraces that very hope with all her strength.

She walks with a smile on her face,

Hiding her tears from everyone.

Burying the tears behind

her smile.

But her heart is torn and bleeding.

She is absolutely tacit,

Completely quiescent,

Gazing at the skies

With her gloomy eyes,

She stands glum.

The evening almost here,

But she is standing still.

It’s raining deep inside her heart,

And she cannot hold it any longer.

Teardrops spill from her eyes.

The fierce darkness of the night is crawling towards her.

A shaft of darkness is wrapping her.

She cries in the night...

Nobody can hear,

She is alone.

All she needed was someone.

Someone to read her eyes.

Someone to understand.

All she needed was love.

Prerna Pandey
Class XII
Radiant International School