Dream

Away from this penurious world,

Hidden and completely lost somewhere

At just fourteen, I am undergoing

A serious psychological warfare .

Nothing can heal me right now,

No – doctors, medicine or Prayers.

When all my dreams have suddenly

Turned into unforgettable nightmares.

I tried hard and everything I could,

To keep my dreams hidden and concealed

But once the world came to know, they mocked

“You can never achieve anything in that field.”

The world has always told me

That I was not the best

But they never advised , if I tried

I could at least be better than the rest.

At every achievement of mine

In a derisive tone they said,

'Oh! What is the big deal

Anyone can do that.'

When I obey every command and advice

they give, I am a good girl,

But if I put forward my ideas and desires

I turn in to a foolish scoundrel.

Spending time with myself

wondering, whenever I’m alone

I had always put forward others

And compromised with the dreams of my own.

Forcefully suppressed down to earth

Entirely stricken with panic

I stand and helplessly watch

My dreams sink like the ‘Titanic’.