i am living on
because providing apologies is easy
once—
i was making choices
with insanely safe ideas of
fleeing-madly-and-flying-away
i was a helpless girl
against the brutal world of
bottom-patting-and-breast-pinching
i was craving for security
the kind i had only known while
aimlessly-afloat-and-speculating-in-the-womb
now—
i am locked away
a terrified princess waiting
for-death-and-not-any-brave-prince
i don't dream or think
i just remember and wince
at-voices-of-the-past-smirking-in-sarcasm
once—
i ran away in the darkness
nothing beaconed me more than the
prospect-of-solitude-and-the-caress-of-a-million-stars
i ran into the arms of the ravishing night
nothing pulled me back: not even the memories
of-love-i-had-once-known-&-stolen-kisses-savoured-for-so-long.
i ran until terror stopped my tracks
for, trembling i turned and saw that the moon was
another-immodest-ogler-and-lecherous-stalker.
nothing pulled me back: not even the memories of-love-i-had-once-known-&-stolen-kisses-savoured-for-so-long. Wow, dear poetess, you have spiked at the target so well. A powerful poem crafted with a ceaselessly burning heart. My hats off to your skill of writing. Subhas
i ran away in the darkness nothing beaconed me more than the prospect-of-solitude-and-the-caress-of-a-m illion-stars....very fine poem.. full of thoughts and expressions and symbols...... experience of a girl.......... tony
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Apologize for living on by meena Kandasamy i see first time so i love line by line