The Need to Fly
I am at your gate again,
weak but not ready to bend.
Asphyxiating at the thought of
what lies within, but trembling
with the need to step
in, nonetheless.
Pull me in before I bolt,
before
the last vestige of sanity
leaves me in a whooshing
cacophony of red tears and
emotion I cannot stop.
Pull me in before I fly
away. Reign in my wings--
pluck each derision from my
shoulders and each
doubt from my eyelashes
where it grits the edges
and salts my face.
Pull me in before
the corroded sense of flight
subsumes
my every other desire,
and my exhausted, sudden
flight brings me
back to the start
again.
Aparna Upadhyaya SanyalAparna holds an MA from Kings College, London. She is a recipient of the 14th Beullah Rose Poetry Prize by Smartish Pace. She was a finalist for the 2018 Third Coast Fiction Prize. She is featured on the Masthead of the Songs of Eretz Poetry Review as a Frequent Contributor. Her poetry has appeared/ is forthcoming in Smartish Pace, SOFTBLOW, Gyroscope Review, Broad River Review, Poetry Breakfast, The Visitant, and many more. Her first book is slated for release in August 2018 with Vishwakarma Publications, India. She lives with her 4-year-old son and husband in Pune, India. Find her work here:
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