Shadows Kill Poem by Sutapa Chaudhuri

the world wrapped
in black and white
sheathed in shadows
deathly daggers
glint
ready to kill
the last traces of contact
erased evermore
sensations slowly
recede into darkness
an omnipresent silence
engulfs all
hidden away
in a niche of oblivion
lost in the alleys of life
the tormented self
forlorn
dies a slow death
empty darknesses fill up
the fathomless crevices
dislodging forever
long cherished
memories