Melancholy Ink by Dita Indradi | One Poem Only
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Melancholy Ink
Dita Indradi
Sadness learned my name
before I learned how to answer.
It waits
behind my teeth
when I say I’m fine.
I used to shake
the moment I knew.
Hands too loud.
Breath missing.
My heart running
like it heard something
I couldn’t.
Heat rushing
through narrow places,
every nerve lit up
looking for an exit.
Now, when the same knowing comes,
my body does something else.
It goes quiet.
No shaking.
No warning.
Just the sudden absence
of feeling.
Like someone…
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