‘First Rule of Life’: Poem by Anahita Singh, Apeejay School, Nerul

She faked her smile,
But inside she knew what she was going through,
When people asked she would say she was okay,
But she was broken,
Broken in pieces,
Every time she got the courage to pick the pieces,
Someone would come and break it,

She said everything is okay,
Everyone is there for me,
But as she grew she realised,
Nothing is okay, no one is there for her,
She was all alone

She was pretty and had a lot of friends,
But none of them understood her,
She listened to their problems,
She always stood there for them,
Always stood for them,
Whenever they wanted,

But no one was there for her,
When she really wanted them,
No one stood for her,
No one listened to her problems,
That’s when she realised,
This is life, no one will be there for you,
You need to stand for yourself,
You need to be there for yourself 
That’s the first rule of life.

Poem by Anahita Singh

Apeejay School, Nerul