She opened her red-rimmed, tear-filled eyes
to a world that was wet, dark and gloomy.
It was as though even the powers that be
sympathised with her pain and heartbreak!
Today was a day she wouldn't ever forget. .
The calendar fluttering on the bedroom wall
highlighted the circled date - 15th of July!
She had made the biggest choice of her life!
She recalled the events of four months ago.
Her walk, all alone, down the empty corridors
as she made her way to the basement store room
at her workplace, working on the late night shift.
The door clanging shut behind her suddenly.
Hands reaching out for her, pinning her down
a dirty gag pushed down her fast drying throat
and the indescribable horrors that followed!
The dark turmoil of the days that followed
Visits to the hospital, invasive examinations
The questioning, and the smirks on the faces
of policemen, colleagues, neighbors even.
She had barely managed to get over the horror
when realisation dawned about the changes
taking place within her young, tortured body -
the devil's sperm had taken root in her womb.
What had happened that day was forced on her
but how she would respond, was in her hands!
She decided not to let the devil seed grow within.
Soon she would be rid of it - this was her choice!
© Dr. Aparna Bagwe
Wed. 3-4-2024
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