TRUSTED CULPRIT

It hurt more than it should have,

the pain grew every minute.

With her heart breaking smaller every second,

her tear fell and she let it.

That smile was never off her face,

the mask she wore was not undone.

with every second that broke her faith,

she made it not so prominent but tried to run.

She found a way out,

but took the wrong path.

she moved on and on,

with her growing wrath.

Long before anyone told her,

she passed her way through a crossing line.

when the train smashed her,
and there she lay not so fine.

The peace on her face I will never forget,
her conditions, I won't try to remember.
it felt that she was happy,
watching us from up above.


I cried loud till my eyes were swollen,
and remembered the day
before the dark had fallen
she was trying to share her feelings
and I was blocking her for fear
that I might have what was stolen.


Stolen were her secrets,
her faith and her expectations
the good smile that lit up
I wouldn't forget the expectations I didn't meet
and that I was bound to be her culprit.


                                                -NAVYA ANAND