Poem by Devangi Singh

Silent voice

The world has shut me up

I am forbidden to speak a single word

Not a soul will hear my voice

For I have used all of my luck.

I am a black cat seeking

Beneath cars and on roads

But when I cross…

People stab me with their disgraceful words.

I am silent through corridors and halls,

Not uttering a word,

People go by and stare

I still won’t speak, for I shouldn’t care.

Some people are good, but mostly bad,

The light slowly faded into dark

Just like I did…

But that’s not all

My silence will not mean nothing

My silence is a furious dragon,

Seething with rage towards all

whoever despised me.

That silent voice will brandish

a golden blade

Filled with my dreadful thoughts,

My hate against people,

The one who forbid me to speak,

I wish to punish them, hurt them

The way they did to me

But…

I won’t show them a cruel me.

           

                                        Devangi Singh

                                        VIII-A