I use to carry her books every day from college
And we would hold hands and talk about everything
She talks about her favorite Hindi movie
And the songs that she likes to sing

We both use to share our dreams
to climb the ladder of fortune and fame
And we said that when we reach the top
that we would always stay the same

She wanted to become a doctor
to open her private children's hospital
so she can help all the poor and sick children
that come to her free for all

and I wanted to become a writer
writing poems and true-life stories
and we talk about us winning the Pulitzer prize
and being recognized for our contribution to humanity

We never thought much about love
Because we both know that it was there
And when we look into each other's eyes
The whole world would seem to disappear

She was my wind charm
That brings comfort to my life
And she always knows that one day
that she was going to be my wife

But we never know the pain that was to come
The pain that money and wealth were going to bring
And her parents took her away one night
To get married to a wealthy man in an arranged wedding

He had given them wealth and fortune
To give away their only little girl
Young girls are given away in arranged marriages to older men for dowery
It is a practice that still exists in today's modern world

one morning, I wait outside for her to go to school
but she never came out the door
then her mother said that she went away last night
And that she's not coming back home anymore

they were offered wealth for her
and were blinded by the glitter of gold
the glitter was so bright and shiny to their eyes
they give away their only baby girl

I sat right there in front of her house
and I cried, and I just keep on crying
my whole reason for living was gone
everything inside of me was dying

my heart was torn apart
And I didn’t want to live anymore
But I know she will be thinking of me
So I somehow found the will to survive

every second and every moment after
my heart aches and grieves for her
and while my parents send me to college
and only God knows deep inside how I suffered

I never get the chance to tell her
to tell her how much I love her so
and now she's gone away from me
and she will never get to know

although it was many years ago
every day my heart still dies for her
And I wonder if she thinks of me still
And if sometimes she also cries for me too

I know one day I will find her again
And I will hug her in my arms once more
And I will never let her go away from me again
My beautiful wind charm
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