To be vulnerable
Was to show your scars
Some were old
Some were new
Weren’t for everyone
To see
Weren’t to be hidden
From some
To be vulnerable
Was to show your scars
Some were old
Some were new
Weren’t for everyone
To see
Weren’t to be hidden
From some
When the end of exams
Is marked by the thud
Of bursting open a packet of chips
When it becomes a party
To do it with your cousins
And siblings
Because you have all
Worked hard together
And gotten past the exam weeks
His eyeballs followed her gaze
Fixed at a group of people
He asked if she knew them
She didn’t realise until then
That all his attention
Was fixed on her
She turned to him
And he held her hand
So her thoughts didn’t wander elsewhere
Sometimes you hold his hand
Not because you need to hold
But because he needs to be held
And he won’t ask for it
He would push you away
Far from his hardships
He, who was there
Holding yours
At your worst
And in that moment
Was created a bond
To stand together under every storm