spineless

i was never spineless,

so i opted to break 

nibs after writing names 

over their gravestones,

i was never wimpish,

i put my hand on 

the strongest bone 

to inject into my flesh,

i was never gutless,

i drank upon the 

allegation of unzipping

an another body, an another day,

i was never pusillaminous,

i decided to write my 

prognosis without 

any trace of him,

i was never coward,

i intoxicated my breaths,

auctioned my empty lungs

at his burning threshold

because he needed them,

i was never feeble,

i dogmatized how i 

should never be sent to 

the cementary before 

it wishes to call me,

i was never faint-hearted,

i elected my heart 

to dive into depths of 

poetries , agonies 

and melancholies.

- chetna 🌻