La Visage de Femme

Visual Diary of an Unnamed Belle

“Everything I’ve learned and unlearned.
Everything I am and everything I’ve ever been.
You’re now a witness of my life”

-Anamika Dutta

Category: Poems

  • Mai

    Mai

    Platinum locks reflecting the rays of the mighty Sun, An army of unfortunates kneels down just to admire. There she stands after all the burning has been done, A newborn Mother of three winged sons fresh out of the pyre.

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  • Roulette

    Roulette

    Does your heart get heavy when you crawl out of her bed? Tiptoeing to the front door before the tears are shed, Little whispers and whimpers are heard, A little after breaking the walls around the heart that once barred.   One fine day I had spent in your company from dusk to dawn, Unaware…

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  • Sandcastle

    Sandcastle

    Leisure let me build my fragile grainy home, Standing timidly, defying its own fate, A faintly gate, and a well-shaped dome.   Centuries gone, lovers have cried, Over the loss of bonds that they nurtured. To have captured, time, oh! Yes, they tried.   The waves hit the walls and melted the land, But the…

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  • The Royal Chant

    The Royal Chant

    Brick by brick, Pane by pane, Built a castle, In my name.   Drops in Mud, Cut in halves, Filled the river, With their Blood.   Men who reason, Put to advise. Men for treason, Head on spike.   Reign and roam, On the Throne. Ripped their home, The usurper’s crone.   One strike, fail.…

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  • Crippled

    Crippled

    He used to sit by that window, The grimness had gotten the best of him. Awaiting on a new toy, Curtains drawn, lights dim. He was his father’s crippled son, Adored by his bearer but loved by none. They waited days and nights, To find him a wife. He spent his leisure with a long…

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  • Reprise

    Reprise

    Just when I thought my memory served me right, The strange essence of adultery in the middle of the night, Passed out on the floor, stench of cheap wine, Avenged, destructed, painted in red for being out of line.   After many years, I came around the same place, Accompanied by the crass and the…

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  • A King’s Tale

    A King’s Tale

    The Fat King’s a funny man; whines, dines and snores, Queen’s in distress, as he goes hunting for boars. Princes’ charming and a little miss, Poor Old King, none of them is his. Fat King’s a silly man for keeping lions in closed doors.

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  • The Rose

    The Rose

    The cuckoo’s last song Brought in warmth of summer breeze I stand my ground Reluctantly as time goes Showers brought in smell of rose.

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  • Refrain

    Refrain

    Such a cold lover you are, Your lips taste like snow. You have dropped your jar of hearts, The one you keep with yourself to show. I’ve searched for mine, it’s been bleeding out, I had to put gauze around it. ..And now my Wedding dress is drenched in blood, But I will carry my…

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  • Midnight Pangs

    Midnight Pangs

    Only minutes left for the clock to strike one, I’ve searched the whole day but could find none. I’m becoming restless. Is there more time to earn or, Tonight will be my turn?   I’ve been doing this for a while now, Serving his meals as I had taken a vow. He prefers them raw…

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