The Hellebore's Bane – Delhi Poetry Slam

The Hellebore's Bane

By Tanushree Kar

The penumbra of the mauve Hellebore,
called to me from a distance.
I begged ; not to turn back
I begged ; to slaughter the feelings commenced.

The Hellebore didn't shed a tear -
In the flesh, it wasn't aware
of the capillaries rupturing in me.
The day after, I looked in the mirror
Remorse crept in for the sin I did.

My reflection queried
"Wicked, evil, sinful, viced "
Tears brimming on my face.
I thought through
a thought of agony

"Though I have; lived as yet
I die incessantly always.
Yearning still for the Hellebore's poison
Entangled in it's lethal maze."


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