The wind swoops into my room,
Unseen and unheard.
I feel it rushing through my hair
And I smile sadly.
I want it to last all through the night,
Just so I won't feel alone.
I want it to sweep away all my worries,
And take them far, far away.
But that does not happen.
Sighing, I turn my head away from the wind,
Suddenly annoyed with it.
The wind, seeming to feel my annoyance,
Blows with renewed gusto.
It tries to catch my attention,
By making my hair fly about wildly.
Even more annoyed, I shut my windows,
Stopping the wind from entering.
Now the wind can be heard, banging against the windows,
Rattling the shutters noisily.
It bangs and howls for more than an hour,
Wanting to receive my attention.
Let it howl and rage all it wants,
I think bitterly, ignoring it.
Suddenly it stops, followed by a thick silence,
That fills the room, suffocating me.
Puzzled with the sudden silence,
I get up and walk to a window.
I open it and peer outside,
Thinking that any moment the wind will be back.
But I'm wrong.
There's no trace of the howling wind,
That was threatening to break down my windows just minutes ago.
There's not even a gentle, soothing breeze to comfort me,
Just a deathly silence hanging in the air.
I shut the window, miserable and disappointed.
Then all I do is lie down and weep.
-Rhea. B
01.07.07
A few forced smiles,
A few forced laughs-
This is all she needs to convince them,
Convince them that everything is alright.
She's so cheerful on the outside,
So radiant and bright.
But only she feels the growing emotion,
The emotion of depression inside her.
This emotion threatens to take over,
Threatens to break her down.
But she thrusts it aside,
And buries it deep within herself.
Her eyes glisten with tears, now and then,
Tears that she tries to control.
They all believe its the trick of the light,
Not noticing that she's breaking into pieces inside.
She just wants to end it all,
End it and be free.
But she knows that that will be a coward's play,
And that life will get better one day.
Thus, she faces life and waits,
She waits for that day in her life,
That day when her eye's will not be glistening,
With tears and emotions ready to overflow.
-Rhea. B
16.03.07
Every breath she'd taken had been for him,
He'd been her very reason for living.
But then he had walked away,
Leaving her with nothing at all to say.
He had promised her, with earnest eyes,
That he would never leave her alone.
But this promise he did not keep,
And he left her alone to sob and weep.
He had not given her a reason,
A reason for his betrayal.
He had packed up his things one early morn,
And, without a word, he had gone.
And after he left, she had wept all day,
She had wept for the man she loved.
They found her body one day, lying in the rain,
The cause of her death had been her unending pain.
He came to her funeral and wept quietly,
He wept for the girl he had once loved.
Even though he had moved on, and had met another girl,
He knew that she would always be a part of his world.
-Rhea. B
29.01.07
I'm swimming in an ocean of confusion,
Wondering which way to go.
Should I go left, right or straight ahead?
Or should I just go back?
Now I'm standing on solid ground,
Thinking that I'm safe.
But then the ground starts shaking,
And I don't know where to go.
Should I go left, right or straight ahead?
Or should I just go back?
Maybe life is meant to be this way,
Maybe that's how I'm supposed to live-
Sometimes in an ocean filled with confusion,
Sometimes on shaky ground.
And when I'm confused or unstable,
I will ask myself these questions:
Should I go left, right or straight ahead?
Or should I just go back?
-Rhea. B
26.01.07
The day passes by slowly,
The atmosphere heavy with drowsiness.
The house is quiet and still-
Everyone's asleep 'cept for me.
I tell myself to get out of bed,
But my body refuses to move.
The birds chirp cheerfully outside,
Contradicting with my mood.
The clock's ticking away on my nightstand,
But Time has come to a standstill.
Everyone's asleep- have I said this before?
I sigh as my mind refuses to work.
All I'm hoping now,
Is for a better tomorrow.
-Rhea. B
01.01.07
A new year has begun.
The sun seems to shine brighter,
And the day seems to be promising.
The taste of hope hangs in the air...
How easily we forget all the pain,
As the old year withers and dies.
We never remember all those sorrowful times,
We just look forward to the new year with eagerness.
Will this year bring a wave of hope?
Will we see a brighter future?
These are the questions that run in our minds,
While we celebrate the birth of a new year.
The first day of the year.
It brings a wave of laziness with it.
We make excuses to escape all forms of work,
And we sit back and relax all day.
People shouting, crackers bursting-
There's no time for sleep, a new year's begun!
We make resolutions, a hundred of them,
Not knowing if we can live up to them.
I look back at the previous year,
Which died just the day before.
I laugh, at all those stupid resolutions
That I'd made at the beginning of the year.
I'll surely make new ones this year,
And laugh again when this one dies.
-Rhea. B
01.01.07
The wind swoops into my room,
