But if love was actually In the air Then why did All the butterflies In my stomach Die of suffocation!?
I Don’t Belong to You by Pritha Jain
They ask me to cover This pretty skin of mine They ask me to hide one of the many things That are supposed to be my pride. They look at me With evil lurking behind their eyes And I try unsuccessfully to shun them While they've already undressed me in their minds. I've learnt to fear an empty bus And that old deserted street Oh! Tell me what to do now, in this conundrum How desperately I want to be free. I've learnt not to talk back Not when I want to spend my entire life in misery. I feel weightless now Under their heavy bodies I feel stupid now For letting them gang up against me. I lay empty now As the wind tries to blow some life into me I let my tears soak my face But I know better than to Become an unsolved case. I don't want to end up With a thousand candles lit in front of me With a thousand walking for me With a story that'll haunt me forever. "Get over it" they say No, let me rephrase "Be alive" How can I ever rebuild This broken soul of mine? "I'll live", I assure My mother who's been weeping for weeks My father who's never left me But most importantly That small part of me that's still left to die. I fight back vigorously I don't want to disappoint anyone anymore. They've made me wear Trousers instead of those cute little shorts Pants instead of those lacy skirts of mine An invisible coat of shame Because Everyone around me thinks I'm the one to be blamed. They've given me scars that'll outlast my age Am I just supposed to bottle up my rage?
Hello! My name is Pritha Jain, and I’m a 14 year old writer/poet from New Delhi, India. I love writing as well as reading and I aspire to become a renowned author. To promote my poems, I started a poetry blog-https://prithajain.wordpress.com/ I consider writing as the best way to express myself and not only do I take it seriously, I enjoy every bit of it. One of my poems has been published in the “100 Best Poems” Anthology by Swipe Pages and some more are about to be published. Instagram handle is @_penningitalldown_
This is amazing!!
Every word hits!!
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I’m amazed by the depth of her words!!
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In awe of your words!!
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Incredible.
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