I AM FINE! - A grade winning poem in AI FEST poetry competition 2020 All India category II. -

 

Have you ever felt the pain to the point,

where it seemed like you don’t care?

When you silently screamed for all the power to hold that tear back,

But all at once you realize that the tissues that met your cheeks,

Wasn’t wet anymore!

 

The rising sun unleashing its luminescence,

To awaken the happy lives,

She woke up to feel the breeze,

The breeze around her seemed void,

Just as her heart felt!

 

Her cheeks blushed in pain,

eyes soddened with grief,

Painful keepsakes all around her,

and there she sat,

all LOST.

 

So lost that she didn’t know what to feel,

When in fact she do feel pain,

She can’t believe that it’s real.

She resided in dark fantasies,

with a heart of mysteries,

None to console.

when she dreaded to be back whole.

 

She felt uneasy to deal,

To deal with the numbness enveloping around her,

She knew it was something from the past,

The past she thought flew away from her

But was actually clinging to her emotions.

 

And all this while,

She whispered to her mind,

We all are happy souls with temporary sadness,

And that’s okay!

 

Her smile stood as a veil,

For I knew,

All those smiles were fake,

All those memories ache,

And she has a long way to take,

To heal herself after a break.

 

Each time they strive together,

Her mind and the pains,

wanting to leave each other.

But the efforts ending up  in vain.

 

And yet after all this,

Each time someone asked her if she was okay,

She faked a smile and said,

“I AM FINE”

A bitter lie decorated with sweet words!

Shaima Alllipra