Sweet Ruination

by Poonam Sankhyan

Published: Jun 9, 2026
Category: Confessional

You were like a beautiful daydream.
Playing even in the
darkest embers of my
mind.
You are the oasis of my
drowned soul.
A glint of hope in my
winless fights.

Be still my heart, know
that he is a carcass.
Cloaked in a beautiful
form.
His smile always serves as
a warning— a calm before
the storm.

And I, I knew I should’ve
ran. But I always find myself back where it all began.