The Other Side

I was walking down the street last night

Witnessing the battle of darkness and light

The calm in the chaos of winter

As if the happening of something sinister

In the deserted street on a night so cold

I saw two kids in a blanket that could barely hold

Shivering in their sleep and yet smiling

Making the situation so compelling

Walking up to them, I saw their starved frames

Their childhood devoid of love and games

I looked around in search of their home

Only to find a broken mirror and a mattress of foam

As their bed beneath them, and a bottle of water

Meanwhile, the boy woke up and walked in a totter

And looked at me with his big wonderful eyes

As though holding all the stars of the skies

Patting his back, I gave him some cash

His face lit up, knowing their dinner won't come from the trash

He ran to his little sister and woke her up

And told her he'd get some food and water in a cup

I had followed him to his 'home', as he called it

I looked at the scarred reflection of myself as it hit

The realisation of the other side of life

And how bits of paper cut through the world like a knife

So the next time when too much love and comfort becomes suffocating

And you feel caged, remember, someone has been waiting

To feel this love and to have this comfort

All their life and all they got is hurt

And the hardships that the world holds

This is how their life unfolds

You will realise how privileged you are

And if you get a chance to put a star

In someone's life full of dark skies

Happiness isn't so hard to give if one tries

The world is in need of love and care

And we all have enough of it if we are ready to share.