Afraid to be

She speaks to me fondly 

of passions and talents, 

guitars and stars, 

then stops short and 

apologises for speaking at all.

All because somewhere in her life, 

someone she loved broke her heart by ignoring her beautiful words 

and telling her to 

shut up, 

keep it down, 

nobody cares.

People aren't born sad.


We make them that way.


-Nikita Gill