Left With Questions…

The police came

The postmortem done, pregnancy confirmed

Relatives poured in

Neighbours gawked

Leaving us wounded with multiple Whys.

Visions of…..

You as a chubby baby,

You as a naughty toddler

You as a moody teenager

You in the cusp of womanhood!

Were we strict?

Were we bad parents?

Were we unreasonable?

That you chose to keep your affair a secret?

The thoughts torture me as I turn and twist in my sleepless state.

You must have been lonely

You must have been afraid

Stabbed by the man you loved

And left bleeding to death!

I wonder what your last thoughts were

Did you even think that the father who

Could push all your demons away when you were a girl

Would have stood by you even today?

Photo by Joel Muniz on Unsplash

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9 responses to “Left With Questions…”

    1. Thank you Jaya for your read and comment

    1. Thank you Nitika for your read and comment

  1. Heart breaking.. Painful…

    1. Thank you Kirti for your read and comment

  2. Heart breaking poem.You have expressed the pain of the parents in a beautiful way.

  3. A very gruesome tale, the last lines bring tears to my eyes. Heart-rending poem.

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