Unfinished Goodbyes

By Tvishaa Vijay

Winter is on my tongue, it’s dry and bitter like wine 

I wish it tasted sweeter; as sweet as birds chirping on trees.

I’m trapped alone, confined within the arms of the classic mahogany;

Drunk on darkness, the bittersweet afterbite stinging the only alive part of me. 

I loved you from the bottom of my heart

But you left me to sink

Like an anchor, Lost in the bottomless sea

I faded away, not where I should be 

Winter is on my tongue, as those cold words left my mouth, 

I almost wish I could take it back. Almost.

He would never forget what I said, like frostbite that could never heal and leave all your fingers black 

I waited patiently as to when the thin ice floor you stood upon;

from which you left me to sink; would finally crack 

I’d been dead only an hour 

And the petals, they began to fall from the flowers 

I expected many people to come, but definitely not him, 

A self-loathing surge of guilt swam through my veins;

Leaving my body so cold, so forlorn 

He stood silently in the corner, his eyes dead, as his heart was the only one not beating

I lay there, getting burnt by my own tears, 

Long enough until everyone leaves, 

Even after death, I was all alone, eroded by all my fears 

Winter is on my tongue, as my body eroded by time 

Was the pain just a cruel disguise?

Or just a lie my heart devised?

Now was too late to find out, 

My soul had finally escaped my eyes.  

By Tvishaa Vijay