A Silent Scream

A SILENT SCREAM

Within my heart were feelings
Feelings that I occasionally found difficult to hide
Gloomy darkness did haunt my breast,
A cancerous pain gnawed me inside.

Yes, I pretended to smile through life,
Yet there was a poignancy within
But this plastic smile was almost perfect
So no one could hear my silent scream.

This pain that I have lived with
Was earlier so easy to hide
It was seen just for a moment
If you then peeped into my eyes.

Just for a flash, just a fleeting moment
And then that pain I could hide away
I could wear my mask again
And the smile would come back to stay.

My eyes would twinkle with joy,
My face lit with roguish delight
Yes I could easily don the mask again
Behind which my pain I did hide.

But this pain that I had conquered long ago
Has returned to haunt yet more
A naked ache leaving me bruised and scarred
A sordid parasite gnawing my inner core.

This pain of those harsh, callous words
Has wounded my heart, pierced my soul
A shrivelled me in a barren desert
I now wander aimlessly without any goal.

~Neera~

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