As a guard of the heart <br />I cried whenever I felt like <br />When I did not get <br />The different kinds of dolls <br />Stacked in the shop’s shelves <br />I protested with anger and cried <br /> <br />When the girl next door <br />Got a dress from her mother <br />To get a similar dress <br />I wailed <br /> <br />When my family shouted <br />Hit me when I missed school <br />In every nook and corner <br />In every place, I shed tears <br /> <br />When my heart’s desire fulfilled <br />When I faced trouble and fears <br />I had been angry <br />Defeated, I let my agony <br />To flow out in tears <br />I weeped <br /> <br />Why people cry <br />I found the reason <br />In myself <br />Crying has a history <br />From birth till death <br />Harappa Mahenjadaro’s <br />People have cried <br /> <br />Their bath lake <br />Didn’t become history <br />Now, <br />We have to build a lake for tears <br /> <br /> <br />The drops not shared and left <br />Should be distributed <br />All the children being born <br />Their voices together <br />Should be laughter.<br /><br />Kavitha Rai<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-lake-for-tears/
