Teesta Review: A
Journal of Poetry, Volume 4, Number 1. May 2021. ISSN: 2581-7094
Some Legacies Denied
--- Minakshi Paul
Not all legacies
celebrate the endlessness
Some urge for a final severance
A final redemption.
As the rain bears the
legacy of the heat
As the morning sunshine
bears the legacy of the dreary night
As the silent falling of
the water drops in the kitchen sink bear the legacy of the clutter of the
dishes to be soiled again and again……..
As the smiling face
bears the legacy of the tears that the eyes have shed last night
The legacy of the calm
chased by the restless
The legacy of the
screams that the silent lane below the apartment bears
The legacy of the
sleepless nights, the nightmares, the shaky rays of the yellow lights, the
endless tick tock of the clock, the sticky moisturizer……….
Some legacies impregnate
your body, leaving your soul desolate, deserted.