Tears stream down my memories,
Laughing my guts out,
Running the race,
Getting that result on my card,
I was shining in full glory.
That's when it struck,
It all slid all downhill.
Gravity like circumstances,
Accelerating the thrill.
The pain today,
Keeps me alive,
Living and breathing.
I breathe wisps of smoke.
The clouds of flour and sugar dust,
Vanished soon enough,
I was longing,
The smoke of cigarettes lingering.
The day dawned on me,
It was a chore to exist.
I woke up and slashed the wrist.
The cut ran deep,
A gory mess surrounds,
An Agonizing black.
The biology in me,
I could see the ruptured dream.
S-Gauri Agarwal
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