HERE |
Silence.
I lay next to my mother in
a dark room.
I expected a pandemonium
of sorts and all she gave me was silence.
I traced it back to June
where we went for that trip because I had no idea how long it had been.
And she had no idea who
was the father.
I wanted to tell her, I
wanted her to ask.
But we lay there in dark silence,
time was all we had.
Father was in the next
room and he said something about me being a ‘shame’.
My words were vague but I
did mention I Love him.
I fell off the cliff and
had two miscarriages, this was my first success.
Mother was saying it to my
aunt.
Phoney congratulations
pouring in as I wasn’t married.
A tinge of embarrassment
ran through my veins.
I woke up at twilight and I
thought,
If dreams really mean
something, what did mine mean?
Silence yet again, but a
peaceful one.
Thank God for the present.