Her brilliant colours?
Faded and dull.
Her unending charm?
Long gone.
Her zest?
Oozed out.
Her soul?
Drenched.
Her defiance?
Punished and cured.
Her rebellion?
Tortured and contained.
Her dreams?
Conveniently denied
Her hopes?
Wilted.
Her questions?
Silenced.
What happened?
They clipped her wings.
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The author is a former I.T. professional hailing from Kerala, India. She writes online under her pen name ‘Lirio Marchito.’ Her write-ups mainly include poems, short stories, book reviews, and blogs. She writes in both Malayalam and English. Her first book of poetry in English, 'The Blue Rabbit,' was published by Writers Workshop, India, in 2021.
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