Masks
Beautiful smiles adorn the faces here. Smiles that mask the devious designs in spiteful eyes. * Caustic tongues and razor-sharp hands, from behind the veil of sweet words, inflict deep gashes, send furrows of pain down arched, bent spines and tender hearts, wounds, which are but gaping blue mouths rotting with the toxic hatred from […]
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Abandoned Books
Who cares about books anymore? Aren’t they just crazy scribbles Of an insane mind? Which still believes, that words matter? Who would care about, A library? Which is eventually burnt down To make way For things, more important ? They say, Books crave solitude Lone man’s treasure It isn’t fashionable to read, Habit of nerds […]
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STARK
You stand stark Tall, unflinching and defiant Against a canvas of menstrual red That heralds the coming of your womanhood That lures the hyenas and human wolves That seeks to turn your beauty into shame You stand stark Tall, unflinching and defiant Against a canvas of vermillon red That swaps maidenhood for matrimonial shackles That […]
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