Feelings

@d-pend contest

entry for Announcing the Steemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge! (Total Prize Fund 2000 SBD)

(filling the mind with bad thoughts is like this land being dumped with trash - a photo I took years back when a local political party had a celebration and left an unused plot of land in this state. Daring days of journalism but a local activist noticed it and cleaned the area immediately.)

staring at her face
not believing, she could say such things
the words she blurted
was but a reflection of herself

no matter what good you did for her
she was always asking for another
the desires endless
a pot which had holes and thus could not be content

there came a time
when this had to be stopped
voices were raised
she thought she won

love was lost
she revealed her selfish nature
no more was said
she was alienated

no matter what she said afterwards
she was not trusted
a strange twist
abuse was no longer tolerated

feelings of love turned not to hate
but sympathy for what fate and karma had in store for her

(fill your mind with the colors of love)

( poetry is born out of emotions and feelings - the above poem was inspired by a few persons related to me in this life. I have learned not to tolerate abuse anymore and I hope this inspires people who suffer from it. Never apologize for being you. abusers are after people who they think are vulnerable and weak. You are special and not weak. So, be brave and face life.)

Thanks to @d-pend for holding this poetry contest. Please contact him if you would like to donate to the contest or help him in other ways.

I write poems to express myself. I started writing at the age of twelve or so and some of my poems were published in magazines for children, a time when print still ruled the world. The internet and the blogging world has helped me write poems. Most of it was as I wrote earlier, to express myself and my thoughts. I have also been a ghostwriter.
Steemit has helped me write with freedom and also earned me very good friends who encourage me to write. I have always written in the English language but a fellow Indian inspired me to do so in our national language - Hindi. I attempted it and then came across this contest. So, I have decided to participate and try my hand in several languages including my native language. I hope my readers will support me and also join in this contest. I am not a student of literature and so I do not consider myself an expert in poetry. It is the judge who will decide.