why me?

why dear, 

am i chosen to be left, 

so hopelessly bereft? 

am i ruined in tatters, 

so messed up chapters? 

why dear, 

am i thrown out of clear 

so darkened austere ? 

am i picked up for gallows

so noisome air swallowed? 

why dear, 

am i given piecemeal passion

so perfect paralyzed patterns? 

am i right to be called an escort 

so fantasied fun that too ultrashort ? 

why dear, 

am i left in the leftover too 

so reasonably refined rue ? 

am i asked to stay impurified

so diplomatically well defined? 

why dear, 

am i given venomous wines

so loud lullabies heard in lines? 

am i deemed to be put on pyre 

so ash-laden burning attire ? 

- chetna 🌻