Hell in a Heaven’s Disguise

Psshht Psshht Psshht

Go their whispers

Loud and clear

Just like their existence.

Here I go

Crawling into my own little ball

Hiding from this cruel, cruel world.

There I go

With my best friend

Loneliness.

Sshh Sshh Sshh

Left Right, Left Right

Go their stumbling feet

Stomping and stamping

In their matching Converse and Nikes.

Ping Ping Ping

Go their lives

In a whirlpool of ‘liking’, ‘posting’ and retweeting’

Buzz Buzz Buzz

As they regram and request on Instagram.

Ping Ping Ping

Tick Tick Tick

Go the hours, minutes and seconds

Tick Tick Tick

-Tock

Such an antagonizing sound

A piercing melody that fills our empty ears

Imploding our overflowing brains and releasing our ecstasy.

Triiing

All hell breaks loose and the devils appear.

Here I go

Crawling into my own little ball

Hiding from this cruel, cruel world.

There I go

With my best friend

Loneliness.

• – Shaaista Motlekar Grade 11