An Unwanted Pregnancy

Her expectation exits
through the door of a clinic.
Doctor aborts her request.
Odor of rotten emotions
spreads on her face.

Carrying without marrying
is the mother of shame.
Thorns in society prick her.
Blood oozes out
of the memory lane.

Yellow pineapple juice,
she drinks in vain.
Rustic notions fail in the womb.
She takes pitted roads,
hoping for ‘jerking abortion’.

Embryo of tension
grows every day.
Her thoughts sweat.
Worries and queries
bulge out of her belly.

First published in Indian Ink.