Where Light Bends
Where Light Bends (by Saavanna Satheesan) You look at me And I see your smile But the one behind you? She cries. Being scared, being broken I see the teeth and the storms Because I hold them all. No one can do it alone. And I agree. They say I’m calm, that I don’t feel much But how can I be untouched? When I can carry all their weight. I’m polished and patient. Trained to reflect, What the world wants to see But no one asks what I see. Behind the glass, I crack. I dream of becoming a window Of turning soft and open Of being calm and free. I wish light would pass through me instead of bending back from me I too want to be looked at Not just into. I hope someone sees The fingerprints I never wiped away To touch the surface and feel The life and ask, ‘what about you?’ Because maybe, just maybe, I am not glass at all. Maybe I’m just a soul, To see through everyone else – but me.