And She Ran
And She Ran
When her heart,
Went from red to black
In seconds,
She picked up her brushes
Colors and palette
And she ran.
When the world
Around her, turned from
Loyalty to betrayal
In seconds,
She picked up her self-esteem
And she ran.
When all the music
On the radio station,
Turned from heartbeats
To heartaches,
She picked up on the broken lyrics,
And she ran.
When the stars began
To collide abruptly,
And then realign,
A Constellation
Was reborn,
And she ran.
When the depth
Of the vast ocean,
Was measured surfacely,
It grew deeper & wiser,
And she ran.
A part of this story,
A war within worries,
A part of you,
Then a part of me,
And she ran,
Until the lights were turned on,
And the hope grew strong…
And she ran,
And ran,
Ran…
Nidhi Parikh