16

By M V S Bharadwaj

When I was 16,

I fell for the one.

When I was 16,

I fought through the burn.

When I was 16,

I took every turn.

When I was 16,

I wooed and I won.

She was my world then,

She shook my heart thin.

She laughed with me when no one else was caring.

When I was 16, but year-end's night,

I thought my lungs clouded, my heart up tight.

When she swayed and swayed to walk out of my sight,

My world shattered as my heart took a bite.

But after spending time burnt under the sun,

After the cold breeze broke through my skin,

After when it is no more 16,

I found the one,

again,

I found the one.

By M V S Bharadwaj