Crying for a Gallbladder

The sun rose from the

West today and sank 

In the East, the sun 

The sun, the sun sank

Through her belly button

And frolicked inside

Her right side, her right

Side it burns and tingles

And hurts, her right belly

Side, her right belly side

Burns and tingles as the 

Sun plays inside her and

She cries tears unbeknownst 

Unbeknownst to her

Clear, fat, innocent tears

Tears of a child 

Tears of a mother whose,

Whose child, whose child

She knows will die, will 

Die in her womb tonight

She cries for her child

She cries for herself

And with no one to hold

With no one to hold her

She leans against the 

Kitchen platform and 

Allows the tears

Realising, surprised 

Realising, surprised

Such a rare, such a 

Rare occurrence they 

Were, she smiles, she

Smiles a moment later

Realising, surprised

Realising, surprised

So pretty,

So pretty they were 

-

Chandni Girija 

Day 01 of 30 | 30 Poems in 30 Days | National Poetry Writing Month #napowrimo #napowrimo2022