POEM- BANE OF VISIBILITY

Bane of Visibility

                                                                                                                    - Abija P B 

 

                                  

  

Her flesh and bones suffocate her                          

Her soul strangled inside her ribs

It's a war between the soul and flesh

The sharp wings of the soul slit the ribs and flesh, it wings away, blood dripping from the edge, 

leaving the soulless body in the valley.

A whiff of air revives the flapping.

The hills and the meadows, tiny streams bouncing back and forth, brimming with shivery water.

She sipped the nectar from the flowers up the hill

She howled up to the mountains just to hear the echo of her resonant voice, that she longed for.

That's all she wanted.

Her Visibility, Her Endurance, Her Guilt.

She embraces the new invisibility

No eyes followed her

No eyes judged her

No chains weighed her down

She doesn't want a heaven

She wants to be a twinkling star...

Down the valley, the crowd whispered, 

The soulless naked body bound to the poles,

Inspected for the corruption

Her sin -Her birth.

Bane of visibility