Collection

By Sahana D S

I am a collection,

of dismantled maybe’s

and dreaming of almosts.

I am a collection,

of all the elixir that escaped 

my red eyes.

All the footsteps that ever graced 

the barren land that is

my soul…

I am a collection of

rejoiceful memories and

ones that won’t let me go.

Haunting me, hunting me, fighting me.

But I am a collection of

all the maybe’s, the almosts, and all the footsteps that 

did nothing but break me.

In the end,

I am a dragon-- closed, judgemental, and fiery. 

Hidden inside the young soul of a teenager.

By Sahana D S