Things that happened in a second: [ he is cowering against the shadows of rusted needles- blood congealed on his scarred face, gleaming with the smouldering linen off his mother’s stole- he lights his cigarette and glowers at the pictures on the wall. face ashen from the perpetual nightmares at the church, he returns toContinue reading “Old Habits”
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Salutations of Grief
We strummed the guitar strings till our fingers bled, Sang our favourite songs at night when mom and brother were asleep, You let me use the majority half of the blanket and shivered yourself to sleep, And now I’m alone gaping at our dingy music room; “I’ll always be by your side,” you had said.Continue reading “Salutations of Grief”