Broken

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Broken, Yet I Rise Again

When the path seems too arduous to walk through,
And I feel I’ve reached a dead end,
With nowhere to go, standing motionless on the pavements,
Everything seems downhill, and I begin to descend.

With no shoulder to lean on,
And feeling utterly alone,
I feel suffocated and helpless
My eyes filled with tears and heart full of moans.

But after being broken into a thousand pieces,
I finally take a glance, inside of me,
A strong, independent girl with a passion for life,
And a self-loving soul is all I see.

And then when I reach in so as to activate my powers,
I rise up like the sun from the clouds,
So true, it’s darkest before the dawn,
I’m someone unique, different from the crowd!

And even if I fall harshly now,
And hurt myself or get lost again,
I don’t hesitate to reach out for help,
Because it’s the best way to cure all our pains.

And now as the jet black road turns beautiful and pink again,
I seem to think what all the worry was about,
From experience I would surely recommend,
When the path seems too arduous,
REACH IN, REACH OUT!

– Riddhi Gupta, 2020

 
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