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New | TSC Poetry | Abhishek Anicca

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 That’s a match

 

In my fantasies

 

I draw you 

with a pencil

 

I draw myself

with an eraser

 

 

Still, a joyous occasion

 

Everyday

I allow the sun

to embark on a festival

celebrating me

 

and then I stay in bed

wondering 

if I should

participate.

 

 

Rebellion

 

I had to be loud.

 

I was tired

of waiting for the world

to lower the volume of silence.

 

 

Boredom

 

I grow older on lonely afternoons

finding white noise

in meaning

 

 

 Dampness

 

moss seeks permission

to grow on me

 

they have mistaken me

for an abandoned space

 

 

 Dead weight

 

I don't want to carry

the gifts you gave me

from city to city

 

One day 

I might not want to remember you.

 

 

Prisoners

 

Mother says she doesn't mind.

She finds fulfilment as my carer.

 

I mind. And perhaps that's why 

I can't find fulfilment in being disabled.

 

 

Accounting

 

This summer was the season of loss -

lost home, lost city, lost friends,

nearly lost my life.

 

Gained ten pounds.

 







Abhishek Anicca is a writer, poet and researcher. He identifies as a person with locomotor disability and chronic illness which shapes his creative endeavours.


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