Varsha Choudhary

Depressive episodes are just like old lovers. They come around every now and then, with little intervals. Why? To test the waters. To check if now you can stand your ground. To see if you’ve healed or grown. To find out whether you’re changed — or still going to let their shit slide like you used to. To see if they can still push your buttons and make you feel worthless. To see how you handle them now, knowing they’ve mishandled you so many times before. To tease you and your mental state.

Though she was angry for the words she heard, She still found good in the man that woman birthed. He peeled every layer, and her eyes had tears, He filled her mind with just lies and fears. He knew his morals didn’t fit her description, She had a better man in her own imagination. Something made him believe he could never become so, So in the name of cruelty, away everything he’d throw. He came off too strong with his creations — Words and pictures were his only possessions.