I sit by the window of life
Staring at the world,
Beautiful yet barbaric
Charming yet melancholic;
I see love,
I see pain
With all the human souls,
Passing through in vain;
I close my eyes
To not bear sight to their plight,
I plead my heart
Not to break itself apart…
About the poet: Sravan Chenji is a Post graduate student at the Department of Community Medicine, KMC, Manipal. He writes under the pen name “Archangel”. You can find more of his poems at his Facebook page.