Where's Death? Poem by Swati Chakraborty

I'd look up to you and whisper, "Where's death? "
There was something in your smile that reassured me that it's all about to end.

I looked past those guns pointing at me
You stood on the other end, pointing at the ground

That's where I belonged, I understood.
Clad in scars I smiled back at you,

You desired a sacrifice, I knew.
Took the dagger and stabbed right through my heart;

You cheered at my courage,
My Blood all over your shirt.

That night, my lips burnt anew.
This time, it wasn't the cigarette,
It was the taste of you.