Confession

By Jahnavi Amara

Deep in my bones

A voice echoes

A million little clones

Of the same love we’ve made

Deep in my veins

A sound ripples

The rust on the chains

That your hands have broken

Eyes blurred with illusions of the past

And the hopes of the future

My heart is a little pendant

Mother found it while gardening

Father cleaned it with his other tools

Brother put it around my neck

But you are the family I’ve chosen

To keep inside this little pendant

Deep down earth’s crust

Shivers a core

From the chills of trust

And the bridges we’ve built

Deep down in my grave

Watch my body still ache

Shackled, still a slave

For the promise of tomorrow

Eyes blurred with illusions of the past

And the hopes of the future

My heart is a little pendant

Mother found it while gardening

Father cleaned it with his other tools

Brother put it around my neck

But you are the family I’ve chosen

To keep inside this little pendant

Bury me six feet under

But bury me upside down

Maybe at least then

My heart will be in the right place.

By Jahnavi Amara