the earth

some piece of earth subsided  

to mourn for the weight it felt, 

the weight of dismay 

i carried everytime over

my sluggish shoulders, 

that grief was too heavy

to make my head upright

to look into his eyes, 

with my head down 

my eyes were bearing

the load of opioids, 

flesh of forearms forgot

their need of blood and

were affixed on the ground,

my palms clasping together, 

fingers still interlocked, 

like they were meant to

hold this dying promise, 

my legs were bent 

touching the grass 

we had grown together

back in last spring,

i couldn't see anything

but your footsteps, 

one by one, departing now

forsaking our house, 

some piece of earth subsided now

when my knees descended too down, 

how my knees stuck and sank in shame, 

that piece of earth still begs for you 

my knelt love dug up space for you

the earth bore the weight, setting you free. 

- chetna 🌻