Hit Me Hard! ! Poem by Kranthi Pothineni

Life is saying beware of me
Or I will take you for a ride
Ride that will make you cry
Cry that will make you beg
Beg for my mercy on you

I looked at it with smile
Smiled for its mercy on me
Which I don’t need at all
So go and warn someone else
I said to it with a smile

It exclaimed by my words
Exclaimed with all its anger
Anger that said, you are dead
Dead in my mysterious claws
Claws that will tear you apart

Calmly I gazed at it
And said, tear me apart
Let your claws do its job
I too like to watch it out
To watch myself tearing apart

Life smiled at me and said
Don’t act in front of me
Don’t act as a brave heart
I knew how you broken down
In my sharp claws, in past

That’s right, I said
I hadn’t forgotten my past
Past that made me strong
Strong to face you again
Ready to break down again

It smiled again and said
This time I will kill you
I will kill all your courage
I will push you into dark hell
Hell with no way to escape

I thought for awhile
Thought and said, it’s fine
Fine show me that hell
I will walk out through it
Or I will die in its darkness

Now life thought for awhile
And said, I pity on you
So ask for my mercy
I will make you happy
So what is your final wish?

Thanks for your mercy, I said
I like to live a happy life
Happiness is in living my-self
And not with mercy of others
So I beg you, Hit Me Hard! !