By Vishakha
Once there was a little girl,
With infinite hopes in her eyes,
And a golden heart
Full of shining little lights.

She loved to dream
In her own little world,
For there she could be anything,
Unfazed by the sayings of the world.

But as she went through life,
She fell in love
And had her heart broken for the first time
It hurt so much she cried every night.

But her mother had taught her to be strong,
So, she stopped crying
And continue walking on that path of life
But something in her changed
And a light went off for forever.

The second time she was falling in love,
She guarded her heart
So it won't hurt as much
But it did in the end.
And another light went off in her heart.

One day her best friend left,
And another light went off.
This time she stopped feeling,
Hoping it won't hurt.

It didn't hurt,
There was no sadness now
But she couldn't be happy
For there was no happiness either.

She thought being numb was better,
Than wearing her heart on her sleeves,
shattering it and picking it's broken pieces again,
Mending it, and repeating it forever.

Now her heart is closed off
With all the lights in there dead.
All she feels is nothingness.