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Why Can’t I……?
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Loading ...She stood by her window
And gazed at the setting sun
Trying to find comfort in its fading warmth
But she could find none….
She looks back inside her room
At memories of a happy past
She should have known, she thinks
That it was all too good to last
From her lovely eyes
A tear trickles down
There’s no smile on her face
Her brow is creased with a frown
Seeing a pure soul in misery
Gives me a heartache
Doesn’t fate have any pity on her
For heaven’s sake?!
There was a time, when she even wept
With a twinkle in her eye
Now, I can look through her eyes
As she smiles..
That her heart longs to cry
I try to console her
Try to ask, what is wrong
Why everyday, she sits in a corner of her room and sobs
From night until the break of dawn.
Even as I look at her
Why does she suddenly burst into tears?
Why troubles her tender heart?
What is it that she fears?
She just keeps her head on my shoulder and keeps crying
And I can do nothing but watch helplessly
She doesn’t seem to notice that she’s cared about
That with one sorrow-full look, she can disarm me
Even in her troubles
She tries to help me
Runs a hand through my hair
And caresses my cheek gingerly
I try to hold back my tears
I try not to cry
But she asks me to shed them
Though I can’t understand why…..
Smile! I tell her
Take life in your stride
Walk with me, and see how beautiful
The world is…..
Casting all sorrows aside
Tell me sweetheart
What is it that you crave
Take a look around
Your friends will fulfil the absence
Of anything that God gave.
Does she wait for that special someone,
To come and take her far somewhere?
A strange thought occurs to me,
Why can’t, I help her there……?
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its a great poem. i was just lost in the flow of the poem.
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