Loved Ones ॥ Saba Khandakar

Innocent Child
She was just an innocent child,
Yet a demon controlled her tiny brain.
Those thoughts were never mild,
But ignorance is bliss,
Hence, she was still sane.
Years went by,
The demon kept growing and growing,
She started to lose her sanity,
The once bright girl now dark with anxiety!
She is drowning in the cold blue sea,
There is nothing you can do you see,
As now, she’s convinced she’s a disgrace to society,
So she fights with all her might to not give into this tenebrosity.
Oh how she wished those thoughts would stop,
Perhaps, a gun to the head,
Or, smashing the skull instead,
It’s no use, the demon will always be on top.
No more of those blue pills to swallow,
No more instructions to follow,
She has completely lost her mind!
Screaming for help but I guess everyone is blind.
She was just an innocent child,
And this is the story of how she lost her mind.
She fought this lifelong battle all by herself,
If only they listened, the better it would’ve been,
Oh well, I guess the devil always wins.

Loved Ones 
When I’m about to rip out all my hair,
Set fire to the sheets with no care,
That lump in my throat but no tears,
They say: “Think about your loved ones, dear!”
When I’m so disgusted by my own flesh,
Blades on broken skin so fresh,
Staring at the noose, the end is near,
Just then the voices say: “Think about your loved ones, dear!”
Loved ones you say?
They matter the most; for them I am fighting this battle,
Walking barefoot, on roads fragile like eggshells,
“Stay Strong!” I tell myself and pray.
Yet, as days go by,
They leave one by one.
Even my first comrade now says goodbye.
Already in pain but this is just salt on wounds.
That lump in my throat stays,
This time with an unbearable ache in my heart.
Tears all dried up, trying to smile in different ways,
So they don’t see the pain I feel,
And may say farewell unhurt.

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