"ahalya" poems - Hello Poetry

They tell me to stick to my roots because roots lead up to shoots. They tell me to stick to my origin unaware of how it acts as a prison, My roots are Draupadi's hair that was twisted and lugged, my roots are Panchali's saree that was tugged. My roots are Sita's wrist Ravana wrested, my roots are where Ahalya's chastity rested. My roots are parasites that eat up its own herb and **** my roots are rat snakes that eat up its own tissue and meat. My roots are flames of fire that created and watered the plant of Sati, my roots are pools of blood and long ropes that drowned and hanged LaxmiBai and Moolmati. My roots are the dish misogyny flavoured with patriarchy, my roots are naked streams of Ganga washing off their lynching and anarchy. My roots are all the poison Shiva drank during the churning of the sea, my roots are Dhritrashtra's aspirations and ambiguity. My roots are its own herbivore, my roots are the lava that burns its own floor. And my roots are my flesh and bone, so I am stitched to my roots altogether, all alone. So as I cut my own roots, my roots chop me, hence I stick to my roots while my roots remain free.

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May 25, 2020

May 25, 2020 at 4:00 AM UTC

Kirangoswami

Grounded

They tell me to stick to my roots because roots lead up to shoots. They tell me to stick to my origin unaware of how it acts as a prison, My roots are Draupadi's hair that was twisted and lugged, my roots are Panchali's saree that was tugged. My roots are Sita's wrist Ravana wrested, my roots are where Ahalya's chastity rested. My roots are parasites that eat up its own herb and **** my roots are rat snakes that eat up its own tissue and meat. My roots are flames of fire that created and watered the plant of Sati, my roots are pools of blood and long ropes that drowned and hanged LaxmiBai and Moolmati. My roots are the dish misogyny flavoured with patriarchy, my roots are naked streams of Ganga washing off their lynching and anarchy. My roots are all the poison Shiva drank during the churning of the sea, my roots are Dhritrashtra's aspirations and ambiguity. My roots are its own herbivore, my roots are the lava that burns its own floor. And my roots are my flesh and bone, so I am stitched to my roots altogether, all alone. So as I cut my own roots, my roots chop me, hence I stick to my roots while my roots remain free.

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we're all just hanging on A could go any day R's already tried so have i but every thread is different and sometimes our threads get tangled if A goes, what happens to K? if L goes, what happens to G? if they go can my thread break too?

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Jan 21, 2025

Jan 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM UTC

towhomeverislistening

threads

we're all just hanging on A could go any day R's already tried so have i but every thread is different and sometimes our threads get tangled if A goes, what happens to K? if L goes, what happens to G? if they go can my thread break too?

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why? if i fall then R falls then A falls then H falls then A falls then G falls then L falls then K falls then S falls then E falls but what if they fall first?

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Jan 21, 2025

Jan 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM UTC

towhomeverislistening

dominoes

why? if i fall then R falls then A falls then H falls then A falls then G falls then L falls then K falls then S falls then E falls but what if they fall first?

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sometimes I really hate your guts "Is Rosie hanging out with them now?" "is she one of them" what the **** does that mean you're lucky i'm scared of confrontation otherwise I would have left you in 4th grade when you ghosted Kai because she dared to have another friend when you ignored me and Rowan because you got in trouble with your parents and we had the nerve to be there why did I have to apologize then? why did I have to be the messager between you and Kai? "What will I do when you've moved" I know you say that but do you really mean it? Do you talk behind my back just like you talk behind Rosie's? "Why is Ahalya hanging out with them, is she one of them?" "Ahalya thinks i'm mad at her" "She follows me around all the time, she's so annoying" i'm not even sure I want to be your friend anymore

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Jan 12, 2025

Jan 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM UTC

realgoddess

Dear Skye

sometimes I really hate your guts "Is Rosie hanging out with them now?" "is she one of them" what the **** does that mean you're lucky i'm scared of confrontation otherwise I would have left you in 4th grade when you ghosted Kai because she dared to have another friend when you ignored me and Rowan because you got in trouble with your parents and we had the nerve to be there why did I have to apologize then? why did I have to be the messager between you and Kai? "What will I do when you've moved" I know you say that but do you really mean it? Do you talk behind my back just like you talk behind Rosie's? "Why is Ahalya hanging out with them, is she one of them?" "Ahalya thinks i'm mad at her" "She follows me around all the time, she's so annoying" i'm not even sure I want to be your friend anymore

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