Mind
written by: Dr. Shailja Sharma
@DrShailjaSharma
Mind is tender:
If you give it a flower,
It will smell
If you give it a gun,
It will shoot
Youth is raw and pure
Give it words to express pain
Before it becomes anger
And holds a weapon
Destroying its own kith and kin
That would leave no one happy
Not the weapon, not the shooter,
Not the victim:
Minds are tender
Give them power to express
Disarm them
From fear
And from objects that cause fear,
Pain, hatred, and death.
Shailja Sharma (Ph.D.) USA, is a mental health provider and a multilingual author. Apart from scholarly publication, her literary writings have been nationally/internationally published. Recent/Upcoming anthologies: Hawakal, Setu, Experiments in Fiction. Books: Critically acclaimed, “Dear Mama: An Immigrant’s Secret Cry,” by Setu; “Sip the Roses,” by Alien Buddha Press are upcoming. Literary honor for writings in Hindi/Punjabi.
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