Another Poem

By Dinesh Raheja

Poetry courses through me
like blood in my veins
To tell you the truth
My unexpressed pain
permeates via ink on paper
And just when I feel I have found catharsis
an old scar reopens --
Unrequited love, a childhood trauma,
Turbulent relationships and the ensuing drama
A happiness that got blunted
by the saws of time
A dark secret so sore
it threatens to percolate through my pores
A nightmare that makes me break into sweat
An unknown fear that becomes a monster, a threat
And I spontaneously reach out for my balm—
Another poem.