But, She Feels.

Rusha Roy 2005 (Kolkata)



the bustling mornings of the city,
emerging from the carcass of the still dead night,
embrace themselves in the tranquil morning air,
and are reborn with the first ray of light.

but for some others, perhaps those,
who have long forgotten how the light feels on their skin,
are still asleep or forever awake.
The air is humid,
the heat is scorching,
and the school go-ers have set forth on the monotonous voyage of their eternal life.

smiling, yet broken.
Perhaps, some are good at healing.
while others are good at concealing.
and then, we have the most ostracized of all,
the one who cannot heal or conceal or control
the persona that overtakes her psyche the very next moment.

what a misery she dwells in.
barely alive, barely breathing,
the worms tearing off her skin like rotten meat.
But, she feels.
Deeper than the ocean.
Calmer than the eye of the cyclone.

Through the epiphany of sounds,
she becomes the epitome of the long lost monstrosity,
against the broken winged
and the sewed-shut voices.
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Written on August 29, 2022

Submitted by rusharoy987 on October 06, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXB XCXXDX EDDXXX CDXXEX XAXX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,011
Words 204
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 6, 6, 6, 4

Rusha Roy

I am a student of class 12, studying at St. John's Diocesan Girls' H.S School. I have a keen interest in writing, and I create art by knitting words together for the sake of letting myself breathe. more…

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