Just A Day!

A Day it was.
That changed everything.
From blowing of the wind to the chirping of the birds.
From the noise of stepping stones to the walk he does in his studs.

It felt like she longed for something that didn't even exist, it took a single breath to change it all in an unwanted mist.
It had striked her like an anticipated storm, as if she knew where she ended; was nothing but her home.

Colours seemed different,
In her life of black and white,
She had a ray of hope.
A hope so deep,
A hope so naive,
A hope that made her believe is something greater than herself.


She started to believe in 11:11,
Wishes now made sense.
Fallen eyelashes weren't ignored anymore.
She now knew those scribbled letters weren't supposed to be torn; anymore.

It was that day she realized,
That life too can be beautiful.
A glimpse is all she needed

For her to know that a barren land can also be hopeful.


Shipra Sharma