you said
you would be there for me
you said
you wouldnt hurt me
you said
you would protect me at all costs
you said
that you would be consistent
you said that
you were in it for the long haul
yet —-
you aren’t here
right when I need you most
____________________________
was I wrong to trust you ?
was I just another piece on your chess board ?
was it all just a game for you ?
was it my anxiety that pushed you away ?
was my actions the cause of this ?
-XOXO chana
the history of my people
runs in my veins
the stories of inhumane acts
run like a film roll in my head
the legacy of my family & tamils
keeps me going
everything I do is to honour
my blood
the history of tamils
sometimes keeps me up at night
2009 ,
haunts me
my appama and ammama missing in times of crisis
my uncle bombed to death
my aunt left widowed
how do they sleep at night
knowing they took the lives of
hundreds of thousand innocent lives
the war left
thousands of my people
displaced
killed
missing
murdered
sexually assaulted
kidnapped
dead
bombed
raped
how did they get away
with the numerous
war crimes
-XOXO chana
- xoxo, chana 