The Little Girl By The Side Of The Street

By Vidhi Kumbhat

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Crossing the bustling marketplace,

A sight that devoured the glow of my face

In the afternoon’s scorching heat,

I saw a little girl by the side of the street.

Wonderful innocence in her sleepless eyes,

The most terrifying insects were her allies

Her frail form laid on the burning concrete

I saw a little girl by the side of the street

With a weakness so profound,

With a yearning look, she turned around

To her, a drop of water was a luxurious sweet

I saw a little girl by the side of the street

Who had a heart colder than ice?

That cannot thaw with strife, greater than the sun’s heat twice

Someone had abandoned their girl like a garment obsolete

I saw a little girl by the side of the street

Hearts devoid of humanity

Try to conceal from responsibility

For we all just ‘see’ that little girl by the side of the street

And she remains ‘the little girl by the side of the street’

By Vidhi Kumbhat