Alien Foray

Snuggling in the cold winter air I see
A black foggy shadow ahead
Not knowing what's burning me inside
But feeling the monstrosity beget-
And then this creepy sensation creeps in
Into the warm blanket covering my body
No matter how hard I try pushing it away
Keeps returning back to agony.
It never stopped there
And it never shall
For what followed every day
Was an ordeal that'd appall.
Every night when the clock struck ten
As the thunders rumbled ominously
And the lightning struck dim
Nothing knew what was happening,
Nothing knew a sin.
A foggy shadow appears in front of me
And I pretend to be brave
Though the brave girl faced all that she knew
This was something from which she withdrew.
The withdrawal never stopped there
And it never shall
For what would follow every day
Was an ordeal that'd appall.
The fear had no name
Which made it even worse
For if what is named is solvable
What is not is a curse.
And this shall continue for ages
Or even seconds, who knows
For what could follow every day
Could still be an ordeal, who knows.

The Boy In That Corner

It was a class of fifty-six-
Seventh-C, they called it-

And, obviously, friendships were biased:
All the nerds on one side, the sportspersons on another,
The dancers in the middle, and the musicians on a side.
Them, and some more, and a little boy in the corner.

His face was an abode of serenity-
His eyes speaking dreams, his hair swaying
Like grass moving in a breeze.
His nose twitching occasionally
And his mouth chanting in an unknown tongue.

No one spoke to him, so he rose from his seat
And walked aimlessly around the class,
Tried talking to some people he thought were friendly;
Only to be pushed away by his peers.

Despite all the beauty on his face
The abnormality in his heart begun to dominate-

Dejected, he walked towards the door;
Towards the unusual spectator that he saw.
“Well, Hello there!”
There was no answer.
“What’s your name?”
A blank stare.

“Sir, he’s autistic. And his poor parents do not know.”

Oh.

And then he walked away, aimlessly.