A free Navaratri Writing Contest was organized by Cherry Book Awards on the occasion of Navaratri to promote global writing talents. The jury member picked Sarah as the winner in the English category. Here is the winning poem Faces by Sarah:
Faces by Sarah
Someone once asked
Why I dress so shabby?
Well, the answer lies
In the depths of my soul’s dark abbey!
And while you choose what to wear
To join in life’s race
I stand before my closet
Thinking – Today which face?
So engulfed by darkness is my being
That even I no longer recognise me
And each new day is an unveiling!
I lack no branded clothes
Or makeup or accessories
What I lack is the will to dress up
And deal with even the basic necessities!
While you mix and match
Your perfect outfit and face creams
I’m relentlessly trying to choose
A ‘face’ that hides the screams!
Run away from me, shun me
Like I’m a disease
For all I want is solitude
To find the face that once was ME!
#SaRah#
