back home a loneliness fills
the reality of it ending
the fantasy blown away
by the winds of truth
unpack
rearrange
call him
call her
call them
eat right
exercise
back on track
detox
back home a loneliness fills
only at night
in the dark
silence
it’s over
really
over
And now
the rest begins
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.
To Those Who Stole My Autonomy:
I stand a sturdy sixty inches; mostly fat,
a rumbling glacier
threatening civilization’s end.
a grown-ass brown woman
standing outside your pretty bougie house
of perfectly manicured lawns, stainless white fences.
Release I am an airtight freezer bag, I cling, holding on to the past till there is freezer burn all over it. They tell me,
