Swirling like froth on a steaming cup of coffee,
Like moths whirling over flickering flames,
Memories eddy on the screen of my mind………
Timeless memories, boundless emotions,
Unleashed like a herd of mad mammoths,
Crushing everything on their warpath………
Cloaking, enveloping, completely smothering,
Sucking the breath out, extracting the soul,
Rendering me exposed, unable to retaliate……
I reach out to dark inner recesses,
Wavering in the sinister attic, like wrinkled old fingers,
Faltering yet steadying, hesitant yet confident……
Brushing aside silvery cobs built over time,
Whose edges flash at the tiniest sparks of light,
Magnifying the dust covering the niches………
Fighting to stay afloat, like in a stampede,
Struggling for survival, like the fittest
Rebelling to hold on, even to the tiniest scrap……
A window shatters, light floods in,
Washing the shadows out, cleansing me of stigma,
Colour fills up the empty spaces,
And I am ready to live again!
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Rohini Chandrasekhar
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