A Little Girl's Story Poem by vittal vandavasu

A Little Girl's Story

Rating: 5.0


Below the dimly lit sky
On the gravel earth
A little girl let a sigh
On all that hurt

Life as an orphan is hard
Ignorant of mother's love
And it is always an unlucky card
These innocents longingly see to the dove

She walks away between barley fields
Running her hand on them
Almost forgetting her hollow yields
And her torn hem

There stood a tall man
Who used to walk with her
They sometimes together ran
It was a fragment of joy that bit her

Smiling her innocent smile
Ignorant of the woeful mad world
And those sinister vile
She knew the joyful sad word

Afterall nature took her growth
So she knew to love
And to speak the piercing truth
Sometimes sweetly she asks how

A day came when she had a job
A day came when the old man could,
No longer run or jog
But give a happy grin he should

Another day came when,
She had her last joke with him
Soon woe would spread in the glen
And a day gray and dim

She took her first solitary walk
Through the fields so beautiful
But with no one to talk
And woe so bountiful

It was time to stand and think,
Help another child's bliss
Now she had no desire for pink
But just a mild wish

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Deepti Agarwal 31 August 2009

hmm.. a nice sad story of an orphan... :)

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Samanyan Lakshminarayanan 01 September 2009

you have brought the depth of the sadness in your poem...lovely

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Shalini Sundararamalingam 01 September 2009

nice poem about loneliness of orphan. very sad though.

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Roseann Shawiak 22 February 2015

A very intensely emotional and poignant poem, so well written taking us into the life of this little girl. You have great compassion for others in life, because you have experienced so much heartache yourself. Experience has been your teacher and you have learned well, that truth is exposed in what you have written. You have amazing talent as a poet, I can identify with woe as I have had much of it also. Keep writing, Vittal and I will continue reading your poetry. Thank you for sharing it, RoseAnn

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Allemagne Roßmann 01 September 2011

Orphanage in another word is a curse and a synonym to poverty.Very well written and realistic verses here.I appreciate this good poetry and may God help the orphaned with his and her best of graces.

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Philip Winchester 01 October 2009

You are a very gifted young Poet, It is a pleasure to read your gifts. Raw though it is in places, it comes from the heart. I hope soon to see you in brighter pastures. As Jesus Loves you, you will soon shine and be free from the Gloom.I cannot wait to see you in Love. That will Light up your Life.The sooner the better I say.

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Mystic Indian 10 September 2009

all this from the mind of a fifteen year old? i salute and bow to your genius! 10/10 way to Go.

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Marieta Maglas 07 September 2009

nice narrative poem, nice rhymes, thank you for sharing...10+++

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