Sensitive

By Dr. Shruti Pandey

A sensitive soul she is, they say

A heart so fragile

And a mind so tender.

A brilliant facade she put up forth

Her secret being what lay beneath

The cries unheard

The fears within

The scars she carries

of her battles within...

She put up walls

To guard her soul

Creating a dream...

The perfect illusion

Yet the mystique

Never fades away

It draws some in

And drives some away

Still she waits with a heavy heart

For someone to see through her facade

To know her...

Truly know her for what she is

Crushing those walls

She has built around herself

To wrap His soul around hers

And shield her from herself

And from all the uncertainties

For once she wants to know

What it feels like to be free

And then He came

And caught her off guard

Making her believe

In all the dreams she had ever had

To him she bared her soul

And surrendered herself in all completeness

The broken pieces of her soul came together

And all her scars began to fade

She finally knew...

What it felt like to be free

Liberated from all the weight

What lay in store was something else

So short lived was her dream

What intrigued him once

Was now a burden...

A weight he could not carry

Gone was her knight

And all her dreams

Had now come to a standstill

She gathered herself

And put up her facade yet again

But the aura was different...

Her scars now ran deeper

Her walls even stronger

And her smile so sinister

And when they ask

'A sensitive soul she was', he says

'A heart so fragile

And a mind so tender'

By Dr. Shruti Pandey