POEM: SCREAM WRITTEN ON 19TH APRIL 2024

 

Scream

The glass dropped again,

It shattered to pieces again.

While trying to pick up the pieces, I got hurt again.

My skin oozed out blood, but I couldn’t cry.

My already scarred skin torn again.

It was my fault that the glass fell down and broke after all.

It was due to my negligence.

And here I am, taking it out on other people.

Everything I kept in the glass.

I am letting it ooze out through my bleeding wound.

I am letting all my silent screams ooze out through my bleeding wound.

Because my voice is stuck in my throat.

And I do not know how to let it out.

So, I just let myself bleed slowly.

                                               

~ Ashmita Acharyya