Introverted, soft and polite
But, am I really this inside?
Another Riyana, sits cross- legged for me
She says," why are you like this?"
"Can't you reply to all the injustice "
The outer Riyana, sits and weeps
"I'm not fit for the battle", she thinks,
Inner Riyana tells again
"Reply to all the pain!"
"I can't, I can't " weeps she
"The battle is not for me "
The inner Riyana, now like a mother
comes closer.
"It's for you, your family and I look up to you"
"You're the princess, you're the queen of the living being"
"These scars are the marks of the battles you've fought"
"You've lost, you've won".
"The world needs a soldier like you"
"Fight, loose, win and LIVE"
I again stand up, on my feet
Ready for the next, battle in a new field,
Another Riyana nods,
Cause, there are many battles- yet to be fought!
~Riyana Roy Chowdhury
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