Contemporary Literary Review India | Print ISSN 2250-3366 | Online ISSN 2394-6075 | Impact Factor 8.1458 | Vol. 11, No. 1: CLRI February 2024
Shivangi Kumar
Worth it
Music,
Sounds like a wailing
To this sorrowful mind
Through the pain in my eyes
I still shine so bright
Like I am a candle
Lit in the dreary dungeons
Below the ornate manor
I am ray of light
For ones in shackles
Now, how long
How long can I burn?
Slowly melting away
I am far from them
Too far to see
My waning soul
Look Around!
Ask, ask
Is this dying flame
Worth it?
Their cries echo back
From my hollow heart
Look Around!
Ask, ask
Is this empty fame
Worth it?
About the author: Shivangi Kumar is a 16-year-old girl born and raised in the city of Ranchi in India. She studies in Delhi Public School, Ranchi. She is into baking, Geography and politics. She is also into public speaking, debating and Model united nations. She wishes to be a diplomat and work for her people and her country.