Name – Nishi Tripathi

Class – 8th
Father’s Name – Durgesh Tripathi
Mother’s Name – Pratima Tripathi
School’s Name – Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Prism School
 THAT GIRL WITH A BROKEN SMILE

A heart filled with pain, deceived by lies.

Feelings bitter and hard; hatred burning.
A flood of tears, giving her all red eyes.
Will this tide ever be turning?

Even though her heart, it has been destroying,

life seems so nice to them, they are still enjoying.
She is alone, all alone with a heart full of hurt.
She shouts it out loud, but remains unheard.
She goes about her day,
smiling at the appropriate times,
engaging in conversations,
and seems to be happy.
Yet, all they truly see is her
broken smile.
She smiles and laughs on the outside,
yet, crumpling to pieces on the in.
She tries so hard to be strong,
and no one sees past it.
All they see is her
broken smile.
Once she manages to forgive in her heart,
grief seems suddenly to start falling apart.
Tears may come back on and off,
but she becomes able to live, love and laugh

Truly the cure for a broken heart

begins when the forgiveness will start.
Whoever decides to keep hatred so strong
will continue to hurt and be bitter all along.

Hatred is like venom that prohibits one to live;

the antidote is to find it in our heart to forgive
She tries to pull herself together,
as she prepares for another day.
This is the girl they think they
know so well, as she dazzles
them with her
broken smile.
(FOR AKSHARA)