And dipping it meticulously into the red fluid
Began scribbling away on the scented parchment
A single candle encased her in its luminous halo
While her sobs and gasps, the night quietly witnessed
In the dwindling moments of a fast fading life,
She wished her words would perhaps break the silence
Of months of unspoken anguish
When everyone had been there - seemingly smiling and
understanding
But no one knew about the tears that hid behind her
glittering khol-lined eyes
In the irony of a life ripped apart
By a world too obsessed with the self,
Silence had been a terrifying one
Draining her bit by bit like a vampire
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