Pain of invisible shelter...

 

 

  

 

 

 

PAIN OF INVISIBLE SHELTER...

 

Under the black sky and over this wicked land,

If you search then you'll also find my bruised skin.

Somewhere mixed with this multicolored sand,

As my existence is absent even in your farthest dream!!!

 

And now you're looking and wondering about me,

The unseen tears in my eyes caught your attention.

As they are deeper than the depth of any sea,

But yes, I'm still ready for my self exploitation!!!

 

Because I've a child who is continuously crying with hunger,

And I've nothing to give him except the salt in my tears.

To keep him alive I'm ready for even more struggle,

For that I'll not give you any expression of shame or fear!!!

 

I'm alone without any shelter facing this cold rain,

Is it my fate or have I been cursed with my destiny?

As for you I know I'm just a social pain,

But I'm not a pain; I'm not your enemy!!!

 

I live many lives each and every other day,

I often faced sleepless nights from unknown stress,

As I'm living my life like a bunch of dried hay,

But for you, I'm just a part of a dirty mess!!!

 

Oh! But stop …please don't cry for me,

As I know I'm unhealthy for your eyes to see.

But now I'm crying and you are laughing at me,

As this invisible shelter is my only home and will always be....

 

 

Author's Note

This is a kind of different write from my other writings...
Yesterday only I saw a documentary on national geography about poverty.. So, that documentary actually inspired me to write this one! :)

[Special thanks to Caffeine for her valuable suggestion :) ]

Reviews

[Carole]

This is heart breaking. Even in the US we have those that are starving so it is far more wide spread than the third world countries, though I know the suffering is greater in these. One would have to be cold hearted not to be moved by this write. Each one of us have a responsibility to do something...to do our part. I use to have a special account for alms, and this write tugged upon my heart to start filling it once again. Sometimes we need these little reminders...:-) Blessings!

[Valorie J. Shearer]

This struck me as so sad, and heart wrenching! I am crying, and will never get this image from my mind, nor should I! I cannot believe this photo, and what the photographer must have gone through mentally. It's no wonder he committed suicide! What kind of world are we living in that this is acceptable!!! Now I am pissed off, and crying! There has to be something that our Government can do instead of warring all over the Middle East, selling our souls to huge oil companies, and corporations that back them with dirty money!!! I always hear, maybe someday when it is too late but this writing, photo, and the disgraceful story behind it "is" too late!!! The time has arrived to take action, for the innocent have no voice, no recourse, no one to look out for them, and save them from our own destruction we have created! Too late is NOW!!!

[Brianna Brie]

Magnificent write...your words went well with the pictures and even enhanced them. Heart wrenching topic.

[Blackbeats]

Such a great write that it even brought tears to my eyes..
Very well done man!

[Erin Phoenix]

....

God! I almost broke down in tears.

"Because I've a child who is continuously crying with hunger,

And I've nothing to give him except the salt in my tears."

^
Awesomeness!

This poem will make people think and want to help.

There are people, children that are dieing.

This world is'nt perfect and this poem shows that.

Its a sad world and all we can do is hide it with a smile.

:) Good work Bhavya Kaushik

I enjoyed it.

[Ruby Moon]

the first thing that striked me was the font
it is bold and big, like you are making a statement
a stand for this...
another thing about the font is that its graceful in a way
like how the lady is holding her head up
in front of pitying glances and disgusted looks...
what font is this?

this is a topic that most people would like to forget about,
a topic that people dont want to be reminded of
but putting up this piece here, with your normal two pictures to bring home the point
you pointed out that even if we ignore it, it wont go away
you open our eyes and hearts again
thank you
^-^

[!!..Love..!!]

I loved this second pic the most which is so heartwreching! and it's a poetry written on actually a very deep topic which is very important to be showcased now..Awesome work man!

[Roxy]

I actually loved this poem."Pain of invisible shelter.", Such a great title which is going so well with the write!

[Innocent]

This is a very beautiful write you have here Bhavya and it's not often when writers write something on social topics like this, Great effort!

[Golden]

Brilliant write with such an interesting subject.

[Candle in the wind]

This is heart wrenching! You had me spell bound