Nipped in the bud...

The gentle breeze kissed the lush lawn

As the world awakened to a new dawn

My lips bore a grim smile

Even as tears of agony filled my eye.

Ridicule, thrashes, crackling laughter loud and clear

Made me tremble and quiver with fear

The scornful glances they cast upon me

Shattered my heart... but they cannot see!

A pauper I am but I dared to dream

To be like any other child, to laugh and scream

Little did I know the world and its ways

That for the downtrodden the Earth has no place!!

I have always been welcomed... by gates that are closed

Orphaned and abandoned, into this hell i was forced

Is it my fault??.. Is this the end??

Is there no one to straighten life's bend??

I cried in silence afraid and alone

My tender heart in tatters torn

Suddenly lightening gleamed amidst dark clouds like a white lace

And rain drops trickled down my face.

I walked on prickly stubble with quickened pace

Knowing that this is just the beginning of the race.

This world is meant for one and all

I fell once but I will not stall.

The laughter will soon die out

The closed gates their arms stretch out

I will create for me a place to be

And live on... for the world to see...