The Second Draft

Artwork by: Ekaterina Nazarova

She laughs with her hand on her mouth, not sure if her smile

is as pretty as theirs, her dress might be classy

but never would she take a compliment without a little doubt;

her mind whispers in the quiet,

“Do they want something? Why are they nice to me?”

And then her heart drops and all she wants

is to leave for the night

because how could she ever compare

to all these perfect people

with perfect hair, perfect nails, perfect bios, perfect everything!

All she desires is to become not-so-ordinary, at least at one thing.

So, she turns on her laptop and writes a poem,

then realizes she needs to write a second one;

oh, how could she let anyone read the one she wrote before?

It wasn’t much good for anyone’s eyeballs,

and as this one comes to an end,

insecurities fill her heart again

and again and again.

Not enough fancy words, not enough depth,

every writer’s nightmare is what she just read.

But just tired at 3 a.m. and sick of it all,

she clicks save;

to hell with it all!

By-

Moksha Arrawatia

First Year

B.A. (Hons.) Political Science

[Edited by Sadhvi Pandey and Mehak Aggarwal

Art Curated by Esha Yadav]