The only way out
( In memory of my friend )
When the poisoned tips of cruel arrows
Keep piercing the soft centre core of my heart
Tears don't come to wash away the pain
And leave me healed to start again
The weight of the sorrows accumulate
As grief is absorbed, to face agony again
With the smile I smile & the laugh I feign
Which further add to the burden of pain
As the days pass and the battering grows
The spring in my step, lost long ago
The song on my lips grows strained and weak
The burden grows heavier, the future bleak.
The day will come when I cant go further
Take another step, or sing another song
When smiles cant cross my lips again
The day I collapse under the inhuman strain
Later, call me a dowry victim
Another prey of our sadistic race
Say a few pitying words
Show some concern on your face
But I wont have any more strength
to fight for my right
Death will be the only way out
to escape my plight
~ Shanta ~