The pretty lady in Pink – Delhi Poetry Slam

The pretty lady in Pink

Krishna Chakravarty

Some wishful words on a paper
 And an upturned bottle of ink
 Sits in dread of the bearer of doom
 A pretty lady in pink
 
 As the days pass on
 And the mounting weariness grips her at night
 She gathers her dwindling courage again
 To write by the faint source of light
 
 Those countless nights of fright 
 And some worried prayers on her lips
 Struggling to lay them on a paper
 Words which never found the way to her fingertips
 
 Oh! The blissful words of love 
 And the innumerable promises that were made 
 Now fighting to remain alive 
 In her moments of feelings betrayed
 
 Chaos reigning in her heart
 And a deepening uncertainty in her mind
 How she wishes she could pen down everything 
 And leave her worries far behind
 
 Oh! What was that?
 The sudden sound of footsteps made her look up in alarm
 Alas! It was only the baker's boy 
 Too little to bode her any harm

And thus still weary of the night
 Picking up her bottle of ink
 Sits in dread of the bearer of doom
 A pretty lady in pink


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