Melted Poem by Tanvi Nagar

"Get out of our way, weirdo! " they shouted,
I felt like I was being crushed under a mountain,
My heart pounded in my chest, tears came next,
I felt lonely, fallen and devastated.

They took my specs, flinging it to the ground,
All my tears melted their words into the background,
I hadn't the will to walk another mile,
Their chains of words bound me to the soil.

The end. Those words resounded in my mind,
So with blood and a little hurt I would not be confined,
In the barriers of their words- no longer a loner too,
No longer being stung by words, punches and shoes.

So that night, when the stars glowed,
"Weirdo! " in my ears was what echoed,
The night sky sneered at me,
It seemed to resonate, "Fatty! Fatty! "
The horizon was caliginous, like my soul,
If only someone said a few words to console,
If someone had said to me that I was not-
‘Weird, lunatic and lost.'
That I was more than a lock without a key,
That slitting open my wrists wouldn't set me free.

If you all had told me a day before yesterday,
Like you did today, in hospital, where I lay,
That being so wonderful was not a crime I committed,
That a ‘nerd' is not dim witted,
That you might think I'm weird, but that does not define me,
That I was a slave of your words but could always be free.
However hard I tried, I couldn't become one of you,
Because I was weird and wonderful, all through.