An evocative poem by Misna – exclusively for Different Truths.

I am not Rapunzel
Though I am living in a floor of a building,
Isolated from the world
Not because of the fear
Created by a witch mother
But because of the drastic world,
Caused by an entity called covid – 19, Virus.

I am not Rapunzel
For I don't have a witch mother
But a loving and a kind mother
Whose face, I didn't see
For so many days and months!

I am not Rapunzel
For I don't have long golden hair
To lift the witch up to the tower,
But I have hope in my heart
To lift up the people I love and care
When the time is hard!

I am not Rapunzel
For I don't have healing hairs like her
But I so wish if I were Rapunzel, now
To heal the World by my hair,
Even though it costs my freedom like hers!

Picture design Anumita Roy

Misna Chanu

Misna Chanu is a bilingual poetess, author, translator and an editor from India. She is a post graduate in Botany. Writing is not just her hobby or passion but a call of her soul. Since childhood, she has been writing poetry and has published two poetry books and three International Anthologies of poetry. Her works have been translated into 11 languages and published in journals, anthologies and magazines worldwide.