A Wishful Dream Poem by Akshay Srinivasan

I am shattered yet I smile
With none to smile with
With a crying heart for a while
Thinking of a memory ever alight


I am for now all alone
Even with hundreds around
I act around with a joyous tone
Even when my heart is nothing more
Than sorrow bound


I am dead yet I am alive
Sometimes I wonder why
Not by you, to strive or live
Why should I breathe and not die


I wish to see that smile
I wish to live again
I wish to be the reason just once again
For your angelic smile,
In joy and in pain


I now only imagine and fear
Of the pain in the future to come
The horrible pain that my actions will leave
And hell is sweeter I must say
To be away from you
For I truly from my heart “love you”