You lay my heart on a slab of ice
To quiver like a pale leaf, in late autumn sky
Like a crystal broken more than twice
It lay frozen, forced to comply.
Its pace just slowed with passing time,
As it lay in a casket of stiffened veins
The pain inexpressible in prose or rhyme,
Bound in memories worse than chains.
Wringing my heart of every emotion,
You made me as cold as stone
As it lay paralyzed without a motion,
I realized I was strongest when alone.
I am strong because I have been weak,
I am wise because I have been a fool
Fearless because I have been meek
You exalted me to such power,
now I shall rule.
To quiver like a pale leaf, in late autumn sky
Like a crystal broken more than twice
It lay frozen, forced to comply.
Its pace just slowed with passing time,
As it lay in a casket of stiffened veins
The pain inexpressible in prose or rhyme,
Bound in memories worse than chains.Wringing my heart of every emotion,
You made me as cold as stone
As it lay paralyzed without a motion,
I realized I was strongest when alone.
I am strong because I have been weak,
I am wise because I have been a fool
Fearless because I have been meek
You exalted me to such power,
now I shall rule.
- Niharika Prasad
