Vent

Vent

by Tilok Adnan

The sky is a _________.

Fill in the blank with a cliched metaphor. 

I'm rooting for you. 

I came to the roof for sanity's sake

Because the walls around me

Although the brightest white

Seem darker every other day

White florescence, too, fades

The internet is a curse

A home for spastic brains

If you all know so much

Stop talking about the sky 

Being a womb or

The bloodstain from your period or 

Your mental canvas
Etc.
Etc.

Stop

Writing

About your mother's traditional beliefs

About your womanhood being questioned

About you being a f****t 

About your complaints

About every other thing 

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Exclamation

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It's okay.

I'll find myself 

My own, secret, metaphor to the sky.