THE NIGHTS BY THE BRIDGE

She stood on the bridge,

Pillaged by fear,

For the demons of darkness,

Had driven her here.

Those macabre creatures pried her apart,

And sewed their venom into her heart.

With every passing second,

She hated everything about her

self,

And she blamed herself for whatever she felt.

She tried to resurrect,

The bubbly girl she knew.

Everywhere she brightly grinned,

But only she knew her smile was askew.

She stood on the bridge, every night

Into the perilous waters, she wanted to drown.

But thinking of her beloved, she chose to fight,

To finish the fight for once and for all.

After her destructive months,

From somewhere shone a bright light,

And out to her reached a motherly hand,

And like a phoenix, she rose from the ashes.

- Pooja Manoj

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