hush, my raging heart jia karim

HUSH, MY RAGING HEART

She had rage So much rage that she never knew where to place it

So she left some in the cabinets

Stored some in a drawer

Some, she threw in the ocean Others, she smeared on the floor

She shovelled it into her mouth

Until she had to puke She tried to send it into the sky She tried to send it as a nuke

Control the rage, she told herself Behave yourself, she screamed But nothing could make the trembling stop It even followed her into dreams

Let me go, she cried I’ll do whatever you say But the rage just wrapped its hands around her throat And slowly, she turned grey

Hush, my raging heart, she choked out one last time Maybe it was fate But this last mountain she could not climb

The rage, it took over her life And slowly undid the threads It didn’t stop wreaking havoc, not until she was dead

At last, tranquillity The whole world seemed at ease

She fell through the cracks of the Earth And finally, there was peace

— Hush, My Raging Heart x

ART by SANDY LUU WORDS by JIA KARIM