Sweatshirt

Could I borrow your shirt

and keep it throughout the years

so that when the flowers bloom

and the women cry

I’ll have a home to seek refuge.

 

Could I borrow your shirt

sneak it through airports

so that when the gap between my countries grow too wide

I’ll have something

to bridge it with.

 

Could I borrow your shirt

and keep it throughout the years

so that when the flowers bloom

and the women cry

I’ll have a home to seek refuge.

 

Aitijhya Mondal is a 15-year-old author who has been published in several anthologies. She mainly writes free verse poetry. She is aspiring to publish her own poetry collection soon.