A Poem, Am I? | Shravani Das

A poem, I am

I reside in thy thoughts

A culminated art, I am

Born from the very chaos of thy mind

An electic form , I am

With emotions dying to be inked

A silent scream , I am

Echoing within the ramparts of thy castle

A question , I am

With no answers certain

A desire , I am

For what's inhibiting to be set free

A token of love , I was

For thy barbarism indurated my humanity

A poem, I once was

Am now a loud scream

Pleading to be released

For the nostalgia of suppression

Is now growing inside of me.