Artwork by Atul Badri
Blood
paints my knuckles.
Staring,
at the fragments on the frame.
Back
into place the pieces go.
Cuts
on my fingers.
Trying
to remove the pigeonhole,
To
fix it.
Heal
not what’s on the outside,
but the perception of the exterior.
Eyes
choose what they identify.
See
the distortion that exists
Even
on a perfect mirror.
The
shards seem to make it look less
Broken.
Sriya Bandyopadhyay (she/ her) is a high school sophomore from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where she resides now after being born in Kolkata, India, and living in Singapore and Mumbai. Her weekends comprise singing, kayaking, writing poetry through calligraphy, and talking to new people in between volleyball games. Her poetry has been published by The Weight Journal and TeenInk.
Atul Badri is an 11-year-old boy studying at Tanglin Trust in Singapore.
