Monday 13 October 2014

Depression


Depression:

The leather-winged thing with fangs 
That crouches in the back of the skull
Whispering
Friendly advice
On how to make it go away
- By making everything go away. 

This knife is so bright, so sharp
The pain it is so sweet. 



Material: Watercolour on paper
Copyright (poem and painting) : B Purkayastha 2014