Vulnerable

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

Party

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

Attention

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

Firm

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