A Good Little Girls Zine

A Dull Ache

The absence of you is a dull ache
always there,
I take every OTC med I can get my hands on, but nothing works.
because when it comes to DNA, genes, this remains true:
you will always be there
I will always be here,
trying to cope with,
trying to numb out,
trying to fix
us.

I will go to every source to find the answer,
the right glue to fit us back together
but when it comes to DNA, genes, us,
it’s me whom I need to face fully,
me who needs to be accepted
by me for me,
guilt free.

The space between us,
is a constant battle:
I see it always
and it stabs me over and over.

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Sonia Chintha

Sonia Chintha is an Indian American writer who lives in the Washington DC area. She blogs, writes poetry, and fiction. She is also an English teacher who believes that our experiences teach us more than any test. She is the founder and co-editor of Good Little Girls.

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