Thursday, 14 February 2019

The Forgotten Ruins



The forgotten ruins mold themselves to life
Forming a haunted house of memories
Bringing to naught the moments once cherished
Backed by a juvenile notion that it’d be for eternity

Yes, eternities often end on Mondays
With texts preceding the alarm
Just to ensure the day starts
In a remarkably dishonorable way

The heart still asks questions
Was there a better way it would have loved?
Was there a better way it would miss its beats?
Was there any, other than this it knows to date?

In the end life gives choices
And the heart picks the best on the table
Perhaps the path trodden before
Ceased bringing awe to the beholder

I Am No Hero


My days are now darker and starker,
I am bereft with reasons to live
But then I am bereft of energy to die
To die an honourable death

What can I do with my bad habits?
What can I do with my alcohol?
What can I do with these dreams?
What do people do when the no longer have energy?

I wish the sun would wait in the sky 
Wait for me to live some of these dreams
Dreams that gnaw my conscience
So much that it often feels there’s no time

I am no longer the hero of my own life
The heroes in me are my demons
Demons that speak a familiar language
A language that says give up right now

I have given up a thousand times
Yet the people in my life cheer me on
And I go on, as if everything is normal
Save for fire and brimstone burning me away
A dream a time

She Can No Longer Hide Tears


She can no longer hide her tears
She’s been strong for too long
She is crying out for a hero
A hero to right the many wrongs

She’s been her own hero
Tumbling, falling, crawling
But she’s moved ahead
Today, her sky is falling

The tears have broken its banks
 They are flowing out
She can longer hold them within
They are flowing out

Sorry Blame It On Me


Suspended in a mournful reverie
In your mind sounds as eerie
As the helpless cries of a dearly beloved
Drowning, and you are just as helpless
Because it would mean dying with the beloved
But you aren’t done with this world

When it comes to that, blame me
The world crushed me when I tried to be
Like twin towers, my dreams crumbled
Things I should have done, I didn’t
Habits I should have discarded I embraced
And now I am a relic of a man, an empty barrel

Life’s become tortuous
The nights seem longer than they used to be
And the days too, stretch to near infinity
What am I supposed to do?
Tell me, what am I supposed to do?
In a world that judges a man by material things?

I am not where I am supposed to be
At least my conscience is clear about that
I am living below my potential
Slaving day and night
Slaving for thoughts and dreams
Dreams that seem to jeer at me, at my pains

Tuesday, 29 January 2019

Close the Door


Let my fingers explore
The secret pores on your skin
The pores that hold honey
Consumed only by the fire
Lit by our bodies close together
  
Close the door
Soar with me to cloudless chambers
Chambers we store secrets
Away from the prying eyes of human mongrel
Chambers where we communicate in silent whispers

Open the doors of your soul
Bare the fantasies; dark and twisted
I will swim in them
With a fervent desire to lose my soul
Because yours will find mine
And we’ll sing happily ever afters
In our cloudless chambers

Blameless Soles

And your blameless soles graced my heart
Leaving prints that always lead me to you
To the shores where waves sing your name
And the sands mount a guard of honor

You smile embraces the simple indignities of time
And longings sprout around your soul
Drawing ever to you in an enchanting dance
A dance of immortals

It’s been long, time seems so ancient
As distant as days when our ancestors
Watched the sun to tell the time
And you’ve stolen it, hoarded in your eyes 

Monday, 28 January 2019

I Woke Up From a Dreary Dream

I woke from a dream
It was about you - about us
The still night was a perfect witness
The mournful moon sang a dirge
Of lost companions
Just like I, lost in a dream
A dream that was once perfect
Because it had you in it
For I could feel you beside me every night
And every morning
I woke up to a perfect dream
The echo of your heart ringing
The reflection of your smiling face gleaming
And the clock, gobsmacked
Stopped to watch eternity pass by

But you are not here
You will never be here again
I am too proud to apologize to you
To apologize for the little imperfections of mine
Too proud to admit my addictions
Too proud to admit that you are are the only one
I ever truly loved
And perhaps the last
Because I am scared of beginnings
And perhaps even ends
Because I don't know if I'll ever get over you