Aarthy Iyengar
KINDNESS
"Wherever I turn today,
I get snapped, ridiculed, and sent away.
Hesitation is the next huge emotion
that engulfs me then.
Like the tsunami on an island.
It is then hard for me to exit
this shell of mine.
Like I was flooded, with
Water beyond eyebrows.
Struggle is a struggle, no comparison.
I was drowning,
Drowning in inferiority complex.
Just about to completely,
completely lose myself.
When the ship ‘Kindness’,
took me aboard.
Suddenly I was reminded of my
ability to swim.
I could have gotten to the coast.
The overwhelming water
had clouded my direct sight
at which lied my strengths!"