And all these knots
nibbling narrowing unkemptly
nestled inside your chest
perforating your flesh
hounding it until the only
way to breathe was to expand
as if it were the four walls
of one wretched household
perpetually poised
eternally equipped
whilst cushioning the curses
thrown across the dinner table
soaking up the silences
stretching out at the crack
of dawn
yet look how you always
seemed to know which
skein of thread to pull
with one minuscule
manoeuvre of your
gaze
at once untying each
of my heart's knots
as if it were your much beloved
mundane household chore
of primly folding your freshly
laundered bedsheets on one
shiftless Sunday morning
Tabassum Hasnat is a Bangladeshi freelance writer of shortform fictitious genres. She has her own personal blog on Storymirror Pvt Ltd. She has co-authored multiple anthologies and book compilations where her stories, prose and poetry have been published on international platforms like Amazon, Kindle, Kobo, Barnes & Noble and Notion press. She has previously worked as an intern for the creative department of Moshal Mental Health. Currently, she is working as the Head of Content and Creative for an Arts organization named Esscre, and as a middle and high school teaching professional.