Poems from Aarna Dixit
Those tear stained pages.
Those words.
Those characters.
That home.
The protectiveness in me bubbles.
One thought,
one clue,
one misunderstanding,
is enough.
A reflex,
a past,
a word.
Or many.
I'm sorry.
I...
The cacaphony of the tape tearing.
A moment ago it was there,
the next it wasn't.
I floated away.
Craving one last moment.
One last memory.
The darkness in his eyes.
The fear in hers.
Her whimpering.
His threatening.
The clasp of a hand on her throat.
Poison slithering up her...
I push you
everytime
everytime I promise myself
that I won't let you affect em.
I tell myself that I am stronger.
Than this.
Than you.
But...