A Bitter Drop Poem by Jaishree Nair

Happy I had been...
Within my limited space..
Locking my heart.
with memories treasured..!

Unlocking my door...
she entered uninvited..
To give a name to the bond...
I groped for words..!

A bond of love....
More thicker than blood..
Humbled my mind...
Counted my blessings..!

It caught the evil eye...
The dust in someone's eye..
Shattering my world
into fragments of pain...

The hurt behind my silence
No one could understand..
In peril my link with other beads in the chain close to my heart....

Too scared to open
the tenderness of the wound,
Too scared to let out
the virus of my ailments locked within..!

Another nail to hammer
to the coffin of my desires...
Time -the miracle healer will lend a helping hand
But the scar will always remain..!

My faltering steps now made strong
by life's bitter drops
To move forward with renewed vigour
the sensible side in me advised..!