I Swore I’d Never Be Like Them

By Aakshra Gupta

I swore I’d never be like them,

But I was just a kid back then.

I saw their flaws, their faults, their fears,

the And vowed I’d never shed their tears.

But time is a shifting sand,

And now I see, I understand.

Now I walk where they have been,

And see their echoes deep within.

The dreams they lost, the hopes they hid,

I carry now, as once they did.

I swore I’d never be like them,

But I was just a kid back then.

Their laughters, tears and silent pains,

All these still run in my veins.

Today, I see the mirror they once did,

the lines, the spots they once hid.

Now, I would like to pass this on.

To those who’ll seek it when I am gone.

And what if they write it all again,

Starting as,

I swore I’d never be like them,

But I was just a kid back then.

By Aakshra Gupta