Poems by
Nidhi Agrawal

Curse?

a poem by Nidhi Agrawal

A strange gloom spread over
The house.
As if there was a silent
Mourning,
The occasional sounds also,
Were swallowed by the
Deep silence…
Everyone seemed to be in a
Melancholy mood,
As if some great catastrophe
Had befallen them.
No, it was neither dearth
Nor death.
The cause of misery
Was that another daughter
Had been born in the family.