
TW: Mention of blood, abusive relationship
There's rust on these walls
The sour smell of your dirty wardrobe.
There's blood on those lips
The heart pumping, beating,
Like the quake after dawn.
You were asleep;
Gone..
But the smell?
It still oozes
All over the house.
I remember the broken plates,
The veiled threats,
The lips full of "filthy bastard!"
The heart pumping, thudding, thumping,
Bursting at the seams
Alive-
"Just die b*tch!"
The blood still stains these walls...
Sharmistha Das is a student of literature, avid reader and aspiring writer. Her areas of interest include postcolonial literature and YA fiction.