Loneliness Hungers For More Loneliness

By Aayushi Bohra

Dripping conversations from the corners of sultry mouths,

Seep into me; and diffuse inside

Evoking no response from my paralysed consciousness

They utter words at lightning speed

Mocking and gawking at my disabilities

I am dead meat for hungry souls to devour

I sneak out when they’re not looking

And camouflage into the background

So no more hands can crawl up on me, and no more eyes expectantly stare into mine

What is the process to merge into the crowd

And stand out at the same time?

Where is the manual for the same? Or is there any?

Swinging jaws coordinating with vacant expressions

Emit a smokeless fire

Leaving not a remnant of proof of it’s existence;

Promises as empty as their vile bosoms

When the crowded streets begin to look a lot like your side of the bed soaked with salty

dreams

Where your loneliness lies snuggled up with you

You try to escape it only to learn that it’s a futile struggle

Both loneliness and apathetic beings catch up to you to feed on your delectable insides

Like monsters on moonless nights

Till you become empty just like them

By Aayushi Bohra