Karnika Shrivastava
Drama
Treat me the way
You treat a spelling error
Of your first grade notebook
You smirk at how silly yet innocent it is,
And don't plan on correcting it
But accept (and adore) it for how it is,
Even though you know it is flawed!
Flawed
Only the seeds I sowed, In my pupils, Painting the path ahead. Only the seeds I sowed, In my pupils, Painting the path ahead.
I sat up in the midnight when the night was still, I sat up in the midnight when the night was still,
I allowed myself to be lulled Into a peaceful slumber By the warm east wind. I allowed myself to be lulled Into a peaceful slumber By the warm east wind.
As red heels sing along the pathway, They synchronize through the beats As red heels sing along the pathway, They synchronize through the beats
Moldy walls and rusted parts, Moldy walls and rusted parts,
"Sorry" might not reside in your millennial dictionary. "Sorry" might not reside in your millennial dictionary.
Every ray of sunlight speaks a different story Every ray of sunlight speaks a different story
Caught fireflies to store their light on a page Caught fireflies to store their light on a page
History is a big part for the human race ... History is a big part for the human race ...
It's futile to forge a sense of belongingness to the body It's futile to forge a sense of belongingness to the body
Your beauty is NOT in those glittery eyes, Your beauty is NOT in those glittery eyes,
The wind warmed up from being the dry cold, As in the mortuary! The wind warmed up from being the dry cold, As in the mortuary!
Several grey fish. A whirlpool in the ocean, An apparently unidirectional circle. Several grey fish. A whirlpool in the ocean, An apparently unidirectional cir...
With my child's cries, I wither, And my child's smile, I rebound, Every moment, I emerge str With my child's cries, I wither, And my child's smile, I rebound, Every moment...
First time when I went to school, I was so nervous, I was intimidated by the people around me... First time when I went to school, I was so nervous, I was intimidated by the pe...
Oh Religion! Thou perplex'd fool, Oh Religion! Thou perplex'd fool,
Let's pull off this disparity, can't we? Let's pull off this disparity, can't we?
the sunsets.... the sunsets....
Why is it always thing that we need, Goes out of our grasp... Why is it always thing that we need, Goes out of our grasp...
A quiet laugh and a heartwarming smile Are things I want to last for a while, A quiet laugh and a heartwarming smile Are things I want to last for a while,