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“Letting words out, saying them out loud would lighten the pain, lighten my sorrow, make me happy again. I will stop missing Amma, stop loving her. No . . . that will never do. So I lock them within me, afraid to open my mouth lest the hurt, the love, the memories fly and fade away like birds on the horizon.” — Ranjeeta Raam
Letting words out,
saying them out loud
would lighten the pain,
lighten my sorrow,
make me happy again.
I will stop missing Amma,
stop loving her.
No . . .
that will never do.
So I lock them within me,
afraid to open my mouth
lest the hurt, the love, the memories
fly and fade away
like birds on the horizon.