Reactions

By Shonil Gramopadhye

Words seem so bleak against action,

The same words that fuel your distraction,

Painting a world in colors divine,

The same world I thought was only mine.

Believing her whispers were true and rare,

The same belief scattered thin in the air,

Her promises crumble, a ghost of their hue,

The same lies she gifted to more than a few.

Scars deepen as colors dry,

The same scars that bleed when I cry,

A canvas torn by her deception,

Yet I’m the one damned for my reaction.

By Shonil Gramopadhye