The Tale Untold- Nandhana SG

Huh?

You want to say something?

I can’t hear you dear

That’s okay, let’s try again

We’ve got time, relax!

(A song permeates the silence)

“Say it out loud,

shout it until your throat is sore

till every part of your body and soul remembers

why you loathed your childhood.

Don’t stop your wailing heart,

don’t just stand there and whisper

Screech till the devil’s ears shatter

-The one who thinks you’ll stay silent

-The one who thinks it’ll die with you

Don’t hold back any more tears,

let them free from bondage

scream till you get it all out

every single detail, all of it

the innocence,

the realization,

the burial,

the ignorance

the hate,

the pain,

the fear and

the acceptance of

all those tears you never showed.

In a game of hide and seek

You poor child!

You didn’t know there was no seeker

you were just a child,

nobody believed you back then

nobody saw your bloody memories

So howl like there’s nothing to lose.

Now that you are a fierce adult

ask the world your questions,

hammer into their moronic brains

that you were just a child,

that you deserved to be protected,

that your glasses should’ve been rose tinted,

not bloodstained,

and that you didn’t ask to be brought

into this grotesque world.

Too young to know devils were people

who touched you as they wished

you had no choice in any of it

not back then, but now?

The little child’s all grown up

Well, Why are you still mumbling?

This moment is yours

yell as loud as you can

let the world shudder in shame

that they made a dire mistake

But, you

You don’t have to be sorry dear,

you should never be,

you were just a child

It wasn’t your fault”

(The song fades into a deep breath)

Are you ready to speak ?

“Yes.”