No Choice

By Akshita Srivastava

I have travelled so far from my home,

I never knew in the past that I will feel like a snail,

Moving slowly with the house,

Hoping that someday I will reach my destination.

Sometimes I feel like giving up,

But now I see that how it seems

When you don’t have the luck

When you look into those tiny eyes,

Filled with dreams.

I am tired but I am not going to let my kids beautiful

Childhood get ugly,

Every night before I close my eyes, I say

That tomorrow will be lovely.

They promised me that they are going to help me

All their help was a half-filled bottle of water,

Just like their half a heart.

Loyalty doesn’t come for free,

Looks like my shelter is a tree.

I got to know that Happiness is really hard to get

You suffer from everything to get it.

But I am still trying to keep myself lively,

Knowing there is a chance for my family.

When I feel like I am going to fall

I get picked up

By their small words

And breath.

Everybody lies,

It’s the only truth sometimes

Now it does not matter if it is out somewhere waiting

For the world to find.

By Akshita Srivastava