By Ahalya Kathirkamanathan
I remember yesterday your voice resonating the periphery
The chaos multiplying underneath the spaces between the door
My stain glass window shuttered with every syllable
I remember your present shadow sitting in a hollow dark room
Praying for the pain to be lifted away your face flowing pungent emotion
Fingers grasping white sheets were blood appears deep and stained
I remember fear on the corners of your lips, black charcoal escaping your eyes
And the catatonia of your soak embodied the presence of filth and invasion
Night cloaked you in her madness where dry dead leaves and withered vines embrace you in eccentric morbidity
I remember the sweet smell of fruit infested with maggots and lies
Spreading a permanent stench that purges all meaning of life
I remember the ache of looking into empty stares revealing a vacant mind
Your burdensome chains I carry along my back
Weakness and disease have become my haunting enigma
My breathe inches away from your skin but I am a pariah in your eyes
But I still remember your once beautiful smile that gave into madness…
Voiced and written by Ahalya Kathirkamanathan. Kathirkamanathan is an avid writer and poet from Belleville, Ontario. This video is an interpretation of her piece, ‘Memories of Yesterday’. Several pieces of footage we’re used to make this video collage.
Tags: Poetry/Art
