An Oasis
~By Tanvi Nagar
An Oasis
~By Tanvi Nagar
She pictured the forests-
She heard the moonlit darkness call
Inside the darkness, she felt
She would have solitude and calm.
So she walked into the jungle
A little light was all she had
The trees loomed
The animals cried out
The winds blew strong.
It was then that she began to realise
That she had understood it all wrong
The darkness was an oasis of its kind
It couldn’t bring more light
All it would do to her was misguide.
So she turned back and made her way
The anxiety loomed
Pain made her cry out
The winds blew strong.
This time she wasn’t running away
Fighting
Struggling
Growing
A warrior in the making.
Tanvi Nagar is a high school senior at DPS Gurgaon and loves to read and write. She has been published by platforms like The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Ice Lolly Review, The Weight Journal, The Elysian Muse Literary Magazine, Risen Zine, Secret Attic and Anti-Heroin Chic among others. She has authored 4 books published by Exceller Books, Notion Press and Partridge, India. Her most recent book is titled ‘Metamorphosis.’ She is an editor for the Cathartic Youth Literary Magazine.She has won the Eye Level Literary Award, 2018 by Daekyo, South Korea, The Create Change Challenge by the University of Queensland, Australia and the Millennial Essay Writing Contest, UNESCO. She believes writing has the power to change the world. Her website is tanvinagar.com.