Giving It Back Poem by Nayanika Roy

Staying here still
Growing everyday
The pain grows shrill
As it reaches the bay

As time goes along
So does our hope
Is it really so wrong
If we take the rope

Desperation settles
While we still cry
Losing our mettle
After every single try

Yet, this was a gift
The world we've got
Where we will drift
In painful thoughts

The pain in our heart
Grows up in a stack
But, we took the start
So we shan't give it back