OLIVIA

In spite of being in crowd

The solitude has always haunted her

For nostalgic thoughts have often

Crossed her mind every now and then

She weened of her winsome mother

Who had forsaken her at an early age

For the almighty had summoned ‘mum’

To arrive at the wondrous heaven

Nevertheless, she tried to suppress the nostalgia

And forced her mind to some other do

But the irony was she never succeeded

To make herself flee from it

She called aloud for her beloved father

Yet, he never appeared to console her daughter

As ‘dad’ had taken a French leave

To overcome his own sorrow

She now dwelt in the house of girls

But never indulged herself to be one of them

Hordes of girl came and went

To be one of their friends

However, she denied them all

And merely yearned for the parental love

She entreated God from dawn to dusk

Urging him to fulfill the mere wish of her

Over and over she tried her best

To find her ‘dad’ in each

And every nook of the world

Arrival and departure of seasons drew

But not a single sign revealed

She was defeated by the anguish imparted by the time

And accepted her failure as her gloomy fate

Considering herself the most hapless person

But there stood her unknown comrade

Who comprehended her feelings

‘Oh! Olivia you are too extreme’

Were the words she spoke

She reflected upon her words profoundly

Being caught in the perplexing phase

And raised the question to the unknown lass

‘What do want to signify?’

A precise answer with a fragile voice uttered

‘I know everything about you’

And I’m Hannah here to help recover your misery

Olivia herself was not aware of

How the bond of belief was

Tagged to the unknown girl?

Hannah taught her to live

The present and not the past

She had now just commenced

The journey of her life

Begun to laugh at the glad moments

But abruptly, one day her father appeared

Pleading Olivia to forgive him

For the mistakes he committed

This shattered all her joys

Which she had just mustered

The love for her father had now

Transformed to aversion

As she no longer believed his words

A long term argument had now occurred

And an unfortunate aftermath was disclosed

That both would be anonymous

To each other, till the time of death