Best Poems Written by Diya Chawla

Imprints

Imprints

Euphoria- Pleasure with no pain.
But I guess my euphoria was drowning in pain 
We were running and skipping streets 
Dancing to our souls’ beat 
Our heads were clouded 
Our parents were waiting 
We were a pack of lies
Making mistakes
We were drinking cheap beer and inhaling cocaine 
We were of our minds 
We were just teenagers mixing drugs with our pain
I saw her glance at us 
I felt myself smirk 
She started walking faster 
We began following quicker 
My friend mustered a hoot at her 
(Later he would not remember that) 
We formed a circle around her 
We trapped a soul 
Or rather killed it 
But at that time who knew the gravity of what we were doing? 
She abused him 
He pushed her 
 she slapped him 
It aggravated me
We pushed her into the empty street 
Her screams, bereft of the world
I remember putting my hands on her body 
I remember her nails piercing into my skin
And I forced myself on her 
She screamed , cried probably kicked too
I laughed, mocked, probably raped too 
She went silent after some time 
And sobbed every time 
Every time we kissed her 
Every time we entered her 
She was breaking into pieces, with every minute
While we were becoming the biggest sinners with every second 
I guess we left her then
her life to destiny 
And today I saw the lives I killed -
the parents, the brothers’, the sisters’
We are behind these bars 
But very far from our punishment.
We are drowning our sorrows 
They are announcing my death, my escape 
This is the easiest escape 
The hardest would have been seeing her every day 
A reminder of my sins 
The imprints on my skin 
Reminding me how much she fought back
I wish these tears could wash away my touch 
I wish I could reverse it on myself 
I wish I could say ‘ I am sorry again’.

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