Bio
Shamik Banerjee is a poet from India. His poems are forthcoming in The Hypertexts, Lighten Up Online, Westward Quarterly and Disturb The Universe.
Shamik Banerjee
Assuaging My Lover's Trauma
"That bestial man is dead, my love. Don't fear.
His long perversion haunts you still, I know.
We buried all his stuff this very year,
Remember? He can no more dim your glow.
Disdain the crimson past that galls your head.
Look up! there is a white hue: Healing's light!
Love, here's your Sertraline. I've made the bed.
Let me embosom you throughout night.",
I tell her and the judder of her spine
Starts to decrease. "Let's talk of something nice.",
I mutter low while nuzzling her soft hair.
"Babe, will my face regain its former shine?",
She asks. I answer, kissing her warm eyes,
"It is still there, my love. It is still there."