Unspoken Desolation

Unspoken Desolation | Ishita Tiwari

I felt myself drowning,

Photo by Saras

In the whispers of my mind.

Each thought, a stone 

Dragging me deeper,

Diving in solitude, 

A past still left to unwind. 

I wander, wonder and writhe,

Under the darkened quiet night sky. 

Amidst the echoing silence,

Somehow, still hanging by..

Do I exist or shall I just die?

For I certainly cannot live

As I gaze around 

My chest heavy with choice,

I hang between existence and vanishment 

One would mean chains and cages

But the other, complete erasure

Like I was never here

The truth lingers, I wasn’t,

On the face of the Earth, 

I was a mere water droplet

Sooner or later, engulfed by the ocean 

So I lie down in the quiescence,

Ruminating about my untold stories

All I wished to tell and sing

Is in vain now, 

As pieces of me cripple slowly

The sapphire ocean engulfs me whole.