Tears Poem by Nalini Jyotsana Chaturvedi

Once again
The painful
Visitor
Barges in
Can't hit
The traitor.

Tears within
Tears apart
Tears I weep
Darkness
Is stark.

It hits
My core
Deep holes
It does bore
How do I
Ignore
Helplessness
Left in store

Revisiting
That place
Distant past
Of disgrace
Broken hearted
And burned down
I too
Once Had raced

It's a swamp
A muddy pool
Sucks me in
A guileless fool.
I am clueless
I know no rules.

Volatile vamp
It preens
On ramp
Mocks at
My smiles
Laughs
Like a tramp.
Nalini