Beyond Absolution

a poem by Vikash

Are you watching a porn movie again?
I wonder as I walk towards the bedroom.
Raucous moans emanate from behind the door,
What is with you today?

I open the door,
And walk into our bedroom
Expecting to see that concupiscence look
On your face.

Instead,
My gaze plunges on him.
Naked and entwined-
You and him.

This time
I will not just close the door.
I make my presence known
As I grab him by his feet.

I drag him
Out of my home
And throw him out,
Naked, into the street.

I storm back inside
And find my way to you.
“Don’t say a damn word”
“Don’t even move.”

I take his clothes
And set them alight.
I take your clothes
And feed them to the flames.

I am no longer able
To contain my rage.
Your sobbing
Now begins to aggravate me.

I loose myself
In this act of retaliation.
Some things have been broken
Some things have been destroyed.

Slowly, as I return
To this plane of existence,
I become aware of
Everything around me.

I am in the kitchen,
Nothing has escaped my wrath.
As I walk towards the bedroom
I concentrated on the damage.

I walk into the room.
You are still there,
Naked and sobbing,
Where I told you to remain.

No marks on you,
I did not touch you.
I will not physically hurt you.
I cannot do that.

I walk towards the window
And look outside.
The cool breeze
Introduces me to a new pain.

My hands are bloody,
The wounds are deep
And the aching now
Starts to pulsate.

Again,
You were disloyal.
I cannot remit you
Again.

“I’m sorry”
You say.
As you get up
And approach me.

I herd my thoughts way from you
As I walk away from you.
“I’m sorry
please don’t leave me.”

Without looking back
I reply
“You have mistaken me
With someone who cares”

I walk on,
Away.
Forgive you…
Never again.