These walls are too high
Too close, pressing too hard.
I am suffocating on my own
Words, let me out. Please.
I need to find a road that leads home.
But this is my home, I’m stuck
In between two worlds
I love and hate Life and death.
In a state where I am both
Alive and dead, free and trapped.
My body can move freely
But my mind has gone to hell.
My thoughts spill out
Of my mouth and eyes.
I am poisonous, I bite.
I am both a rose and a grenade.
I don’t want to hurt you,
I am Possessed.
I am afraid you will trip
Over my shattered skin and bones
And break yourself.
I love you too much
To inflict even a drop
Of pain upon your small body.
My tears are made of venom,
I am more beast than human.
Leave this house.
Leave me.
Leave us.
Dig a hole in the backyard
The size of my body,
I’ll take care of the rest.
There is glass near the door
Don’t step on it
On your way out.
– AbhiRaj Das
