One day, when I was six, I became a mountain
It was the day I yelled and screamed with righteousness into thick air, the air my only witness, while I sat on my bed’s soft bedrock
And with my pillow I swiped at that air, at the bed, at the enemy sitting next to me — her name was Injustice
And the rage burst out like lava from a fissure that needed so much to crack open and Injustice was afraid of me and though the lesson did not teach her anything I learnt there was power in my truth and in my anger
I was a mountain
Tag: abuse
Predator by Melita White
A smile that’s too large
A look in the eye
Too intense, unblinking
The predator spots his prey
You
The Separation
How could I leave her there I saw the bruises on her neck and the underside of her chin As soon as I landed & when I… Read more “The Separation”
Temporary warmth
We’re walking on different sides of a sunlit street The rain has ceased, everything glistens with temporary warmth We are no longer the children of coal and… Read more “Temporary warmth”
Rebirth – Megha Sood
“A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.” ― Chris Cleave, Little Bee You plucked my wings feather by feather pulled it… Read more “Rebirth – Megha Sood”
Last Call to Submit Writing and/or Art for “We Will Not Be Silenced” Anthology
Midnight, Monday 15th October is the deadline for submitting art/writing/poetry, this is an important, very timely project at a critical stage in history, your voices need to… Read more “Last Call to Submit Writing and/or Art for “We Will Not Be Silenced” Anthology”
Good girls wish to matter – Candice Louisa Daquin
Good girls Don’t masturbate They don’t politely rub themselves for hours In the steam of locked bathrooms Where no one can hear their need Good girls Sit… Read more “Good girls wish to matter – Candice Louisa Daquin”
Healing-Megha Sood
My bloated thoughts in my withered body swimming through the turbid emotions unperturbed unmoved un-oscillating dead and stale lying motionless in the stench of the old memories I… Read more “Healing-Megha Sood”
Malevolent Melody: a collaborative piece by the curators of Blood Into Ink
(Aurora Phoenix) Your Urgency Pierced My Marrow with vanilla milquetoast pleadings you spun a web the envy of Arachne smeared in syrupy cajolery – I supped… Read more “Malevolent Melody: a collaborative piece by the curators of Blood Into Ink”
Tongue Tied-Megha Sood
I’m at a complete loss of words tongue-tied unable to speak as if I born into a foreign land with no way to converse I’m at a complete loss… Read more “Tongue Tied-Megha Sood”
Whisper and the Roar 