I starve ... written by Dr. MOLLY JOSEPH at Spillwords.com

I starve …

written by: Dr. MOLLY JOSEPH

I starve
for a morsel
when you
throw down
heaps
of leftovers

you waste up
exhausting
the common
reserves
meant
for you and me..

No, I can’t take
your left overs,
they make me
throw up…

instead,
if you kept
a share apart
fresh for me
or,
invited me
to the corners
of your
luxuriant wedding,

I would
gladly quench
the rebelling
starving
fires within…

I starve
not alone
for food,

but
for the love,
the care
you deny to me…

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Dr Molly Joseph

Dr. Molly Joseph retired as Head of the Dept. of English, St. Xaviers College, Kerala, India and now serves as Professor of Communicative English. She, a bilingual writer, has had her Doctorate in Post War American Poetry (of William Carlos Williams). She has published 9 books of Poems - Aching Melodies (Patridge, Penguin), Autumn Leaves, December Dews, Myna's Musings, It Rains,The Bird with Wings of Fire, Where Cicadas Sing in Mirth (all by Authors Press New Delhi), Firefly Flickers, Hidumbi - novel (by Xpress Publications, Kerala) and Pokkuveyil Vettangal (poems, Malayalam). Dr. Molly writes travelogues and short stories and has won several awards. The India Women Achiever's Award 2019, Wordsmith Award 2018 and Award on Experimental Poetry 2020. She represented India in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Literary Festival 2019.