Girl With A Guitar Poem by Avik DattaGupta

The girl with a guitar sings on the streets,
She's not begging for money,
From the strangers she meets,
She smiles as she sings, with her cute voice,
As she sings those songs of her choice.
Passerby's throng her, with a bewildered gaze!
What people can do to entertain and amaze!
She could sung at her home! Why on the streets?
For a live cheap show without any tickets!
But hear! She is not singing her song!
People realize after a wait quite long,
As she sings those songs, someone else had sung!
She is singing those songs sung usually by a man!
No! these songs can't be sung by a woman!
It sounds a bit awkward, but still sounds good!
It changes the dimension along with the mood.
But the question lingers, Why?
She gave such a try?
Why sing songs by men, that make men cry!
Why sing for a voice, that can hardly sing?
A muted voice that neither sings nor says anything!
A voice screaming in it's silence!
Broadcasting feelings, that makes no sense!
An unspoken voice from the heart!
A heart that has been torn apart!
By pressures and griefs that makes a fresh start!
Showing up any moment, for a guy!
A moment for which every man feels shy!
Not a lady can feel for him!
As emotions condense within,
As he hopes to move ahead and win!
As the girl keeps on singing,
Singing out a man's feeling!
Who now knows, that now someone is there
In as a stranger, who cares to share his despair!
As the girl sings out, with words he couldn't say,
And sing for him for another day!
Behind the silence, the girl with a guitar did sing,
As she lost her father, in that place last spring!

- Avik Datta Gupta