Bellicose
----------------------------------BELLICOSE -----------------------
BELLICOSE IS A WAR BETWEEN MY HEART AND MYSELF DEPICTING THE CONNECTION IT HAS WITH BODY AND CORE.
Are you jealous of my hand?
I asked my heart.
It’s brought in this world,
the children of your emotions.
Can you see the very paths between these fingers?
These are the many you've travelled through to thump hard.
Are you jealous of my mind?
I ask my heart.
Like an enemy he keeps you close,
and leaves me vacant.
Many a times when I have found him stirring,
You have let me rest on your shoulder to hear him out.
Are you jealous of my feet?
I ask my heart.
They have forever walked in places to which you would go.
They have wished upon wishes to stop and heal,
But you never turned them back or let them kneel.
Are you jealous of my ears?
I ask my heart.
No, you hear your song singing through them,
like a croon that bleeds through me and walks on earth.
---------- SAANIKA JHA ----------
Copyright © Saanika Jha | Year Posted 2014
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