Kites

Fluttering eagerly in my hand

Waiting to soar high

Without a worry of the end

Waiting only to take off on the

Next wave of wind

Trusting the line of thread

to guide the way higher than

Up in the sky

I silently follow the trail

Of the the flight

Wishing i were as carefree as the kite

I close my eyes

And plant the thought within me

I open my eyes

And, I am the kite

-

Maithili

Inked by destiny

Everyday I see these scars, the scars you scarred me with; I preserve them, I nurture them, for they remind me not of a tragedy but of my strength; the strength I fought you with; every time that you scarred me with your abusive ways, I treasured them like a trophy; for it reminds me that I always emerged stronger than you; i was the powerful one; Like a tattoo I will take them to my grave; Like a memory they shall remain; like a flame I shall pass it on to who you again choose as the object of your abuse.