{"id":5319,"date":"2025-07-21T21:10:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T21:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afflatuscreations.com\/?page_id=5319"},"modified":"2025-07-21T21:14:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T21:14:58","slug":"polyxena","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afflatuscreations.com\/index.php\/polyxena\/","title":{"rendered":"Polyxena"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Polyxena<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Samina Tahreem<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Polyxena, you betrayed me.<\/p>\n

Polyxena, you told me we would run away together but I was cannon fodder in the battle I didn\u2019t know you were fighting.<\/p>\n

Polyxena, why did you replay my love like this?<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Polyxena, you are abundance, you are wind. You are the gale that leaves flowers stiff with frost.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t befriend the sun but he is the only one that loves you.<\/p>\n

Polyxena, Polyxena, Polyxena you can\u2019t walk over water like you hoped.<\/p>\n

Polyxena, the black cape makes you look ill. Polyxena, accept the blue tartan that makes you shine.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Polyxena I see how your eyes avoid mine, I see the shiver in your hands,<\/p>\n

The pucker of your lips that makes Glycon heave a watery smile.<\/p>\n

Polyxena, Polyxena, Polyxena\u2026<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

You ran away, like a crook in the shadows and I stood panting, gold streaming red.<\/p>\n

Tell me, tell me something<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t bite off your tongue, Polyxena<\/p>\n

You have nothing to prove to anyone.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

You have glitter on your eyelids, you hide your tears with them.<\/p>\n

You are afraid, afraid, afraid\u2026<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have to be.<\/p>\n

Feel the wind in your hair, the sun on your face and come to the sea with me.<\/p>\n

I can offer you something better than those frosty winds.<\/p>\n

Allow me, allow me, allow me.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

A broken harmony, a score dripping with black ink.<\/p>\n

Disjointing, creaking like a piano splintering<\/p>\n

You hiccup, you heave and look up at the white noon sky<\/p>\n

When I say, \u201cDo you love me?\u201d, you say you don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

You tell me that I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

You tell me that it\u2019s your burden.<\/p>\n

You tell me that nothing I say changes anything.<\/p>\n

You tell me you have retreated into the cave that you found by the shore; it\u2019s all damp and sticky, filled with crab shells.<\/p>\n

You tell me you\u2019d rather be dead than enslaved.<\/p>\n

I understand, I see it, I see you, I see why\u2026<\/p>\n

You tell me, you tell me, you tell me\u2026 I just stand there with the silvery gale cleaving into my skin.<\/p>\n

You were busy with all the tears you hide; you didn\u2019t see the gale cleaving through.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Music flows in you, gently, with warmth up its sleeves.<\/p>\n

I want to cry but the cleaving gale has swallowed all my tears.\u00a0 \u00a0 All I am left with is sand.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Polyxena, Polyxena, Polyxena what have you done?<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nothing you do now changes anything.<\/p>\n

You betrayed me. You betrayed me.<\/p>\n

You betrayed me when I gave you my golden shield. You betrayed me when I travelled past the bleached seas to offer rubies at the alter in your stead.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

My wake is cold and I demand you leave it so, Polyxena.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

I see your eyes as they follow my frame,\u00a0 you turn away and I,\u00a0 I must, must, must look beyond the black cape that you swish.<\/p>\n

For as long as it takes,\u00a0 Stand on the shore, command the gale.\u00a0 It\u2019s your only true friend.<\/p>\n

Let the flowers breathe.\u00a0 \u00a0Let the sun touch your skin,\u00a0 Accept the blue tartan, khaire.<\/p>\n

Dig my grave Polyxena; pull out my bones and throw them into the sea.<\/p>\n

My mother is begging for a forgiveness that I will never give, But you must provide her with something or she will come for you.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t let her come for you.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

I am a convict of your wind, let me back into the sea.<\/p>\n

Something beyond the horizon is awaiting.<\/p>\n

I am to leave you at the cliff, come find me Polyxena.<\/p>\n

(Don\u2019t, Don\u2019t Don\u2019t)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Samina Tahreem<\/strong>
Address:<\/strong> N0015, Atarwala More, Mughaltoli, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India \u2013 742160
Phone:<\/strong> +91 7430050017
Email:<\/strong> samina0707@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Samina Tahreem is currently pursuing a Master\u2019s degree in English<\/strong> at Amity University, Kolkata<\/strong>. Passionate about literature, she is both an avid reader and writer<\/strong>, deeply engaged in exploring the nuances of language and storytelling.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Polyxena \u00a0 Samina Tahreem \u00a0 Polyxena, you betrayed me. Polyxena, you told me we would run away together but I was cannon fodder in the battle I didn\u2019t know you were fighting. Polyxena, why did you replay my love like this? \u00a0 Polyxena, you are abundance, you are wind. You are the gale that leaves […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5319","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nPolyxena - Afflatus Creations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Polyxena, you betrayed me. 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