Save Me

By Ruhani Kothari

The night I was crying my heart out

By the side of my bed

With my head on my knees

And shouting out please

Save me

The morning I woke up

Like nothing happened that night,

Though my face was dull and eyes were red

I continued with the day

Hoping that God would show me a ray…

The next day, the same goes on

And I start working like a machine

Thinking that work would stop me from worrying

About all the problems that I couldn’t show or speak,

I wanted to avoid the reality

And travel in my own world of dreams,

Where my mind was free and my heart filled with joy

And I wasn’t tied up with chains that could destroy

My aims and goals 

And dreams and hopes…

The following day I woke up with dark patches round my eyes,

The work was now eating me and not letting me live my life,

I was hanging between the barrier of stress and grief

And praying to God, Oh! Please…

I continued to work as if all was fine,

People said I could fake it till I make it,

But it was all so hard, I wanted to give up 

And not come out but now it was all over,

So again, praying to God,

The night I was crying my heart out

By the side of my bed

With my head on my knees

And shouting out please

Save me

By Ruhani Kothari