Cruel Heart

By Henoga Sanesh Ariyamal

I've a heart made of thick ice,

You can't see through it.

It's so thick that you won't even

Hear my heartbeat.

Leave my heart,look into my eyes,

and you can feel how empty

My eyes are so empty that

You don't know whether a soul lives there.

Oh! Head! What do I have in there

I warn you,don't  look, I'm there.

It's a scary place. Monsters live there

That u can't see in darkness.

Yes,I'm a cruel human with

A cruel mind. I've travelled through time.

Spend time with stars and moon

and they told me the secrets they held.

Spend time in the dark place like that of

My mind, too, to see the glimmering eyes

Of the monsters within me,

They held tears in their eyes and said

They are afraid of dark too.

As I felt sorry for them, I turned on

The lights in my head to see

Kids smiling at me.the monsters

You and I thought we were innocent

Beings I locked up in my head.

By Henoga Sanesh Ariyamal