5 min talk

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Oh I heard a voice again
Turned around to see an empty street
Running to finally reach an end
I never stopped...
I never stopped...

Feels like I'm going insane
Can't stand the sight of how people treat
the way they treat me and you and themselves too
I wish I was able to transcend
what's going on inside my head
but I stopped...
Yes, I stopped...

How busy we are
Don't even have a 5 min talk
to destroy the rust and make each other shine again
I looked at my reflection and I walked
so far away that I got lost
Can't share emotions with anyone
Although, we all are feeling this pain.

Walking freely inside a glass cage
We look at each other, can't hear the sound
Tears rolled down my cheeks
But it started raining again
No one looked into my eyes as I was walking around...
I looked up in the sky
But the rain never stopped...
It never stopped...

Smiling in rage
Hand wringing to stay serene
Thought, I opened the gate of a new phase of my life
But I kept going round and round
Found myself at the exact same place
Try to reach for a hand
But I stopped
Yes, I stooped...

How ignorant we are
Can't even have a 5 min talk
Hold each other's hand to save us from drowning again
Can't share true feelings to each other
Although, we're all  feeling the
"same pain"

If I'll gather the pieces of my strength
and I'll try to talk...
Do you have 5 min for me
to listen to my heart?
Will you smile at me?
Help me to bloom again?
Will you say "don't give up"?
Will you reach for my hand
and make my heart beat again?
Before it stops...
Before it stops?

Not one hour
Not even a month
Not your whole year
Not even a lifetime
All we need to save a life
Is a five min talk...
Just a FIVE MINUTE TALK.


~Smriti
(Someday around 4 Am)

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