Reverie by Tamizh Ponni

A large tree in the middle of green woodland. Large white text reads: Reverie. Smaller text reads: Discussing disabled characters in fairy tales and folklore.

The sweaty palms wrung the life out of each other 
as if every last drop of blood had to be squeezed out. 
It took only an unholy week 
to turn her life upside down. 
“This can’t be real”, there went the mind with its tricks again.
“Don’t trust that voice”, a rational warning rang in. 
“Embrace the truth, Accept your fate”, it urged. 
“Amor Fatis”, appealed in Latin. 
Where’s the blanket of truth when you need it 
to muffle these flames of dubiety? 
Some jolly novel shipped her thoughts 
to the copper beeches in Ireland 
noise-cancelling the beeps 
of Heart Monitors and IV Pumps. 
Drowning in the sea of oncological jargon 
Falling into the vortex of void 
Searching for that odious rock-bottom 
absorbed by pettiness, 
the stone-hearted stoic 
has now mastered the art 
of stupor and deadness. 
Caressing those frail hands 
that were once mildly manicured 
hugged by precious rocks 
are now invaded 
by plastic lines and protruded veins. 
Can someone plead to time 
to halt the cruelty of this 
multiplication and metastasis? 
She sat there and stared into nothingness 
While the savage Gods watched 
the agony 
of a child and her Ma. 
It’s just another day 

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About the author:
Tamizh Ponni VP is an ambivert who loves to express her skills through literature,visual arts and music . She has worked as an IB educator for 7 years and is currently pursuing her M.Tech, PhD integrated course in Data Science. Tamizh sees learning as a never-ending process and with technology integration, it gives her an interesting dimension to knowledge acquisition and skill-building. Her stories were featured in 2 anthology books, "Mia" and "Varna". Tamizh's articles, poems and paintings have also been published in many digital journals and educational blogs.Tamizh spends most of her free time painting, reading, writing articles, stories and poems, playing keyboard and watching documentaries/movies.