Here’s an inward looking, woman-centric poem from Sushmita. An evocative poem for Different Truths.

Even though,
I am no one,
Or nothing,
To you,
Strangely,
I became,
Your gift box,
That keeps,
Giving.

You marvel,
At my giving,
And at my gifts.
They keep flowing,
Endlessly.
You keep seeking,
And you keep finding.

Because,
I am jagged,
I am high,
I am fervent,
At the same time.

Because,
I honestly,
Detail my journey.

Because,
I peel,
Later by layer,
And,
I am intense,
At the core.

Because,
I wantonly desire,
Discovery,
Of self and more.

Because,
I pursue,
Relentlessly,
Clarity in my mind.

Because,
I seek,
Escape,
Through memory,
Like a child.

Because,
I am vulnerable,
And let be altered,
All the time.

Because,
I display,
My fragility,
And appear needy,
When I feel so.

Because,
Stuffy relationships,
And lies,
To me,
Feels totally,
Like a death row.

Because,
I am shamelessly,
Parched for affection,
For affirmation.
Because,
I write,
Laboriously,
While in love,
Or out of it,
You know.
I am,
Your gift box,
That keeps,
Giving,
Without asking,
For anything more.

Picture design Anumita Roy

Sushmita Gupta

She writes, paints, listens to music in various languages and genres. She parties and participates in quiz. She teaches children between ages 6 and 12, creating her unique curriculum. She enjoys teaching 100 children. She helps create happy self-image for them through art, poetry, experiments, and lots of video driven general knowledge and power point presentations.