the stars bury their faces in shame
when the catch a glimpse of your gleaming face,
the sun retreats behind the clouds,
sometimes it flees to another world,
when you smile.
every time you step into the room,
I feel like I have the universe in my palms,
I am yet to understand what you gave me
it always begins with a sip
- or a gulp - whichever will coax
demons out of the tombs,
sooner, ephemeral bliss takes over,
sooner, the raging storms make a hasty retreat,
to wait for their moment
sooner, the heights become hazy,
and tranquility - a sinister form of tranquility
weans a soul of all its worries, all its burdens,
and owns them
in an ephemeral bliss
the future blends with nothingness
Charles Chipcho caught the bus to bedlam,
He did not think even for single minute,
If he'd ever make it back,
And, because he had a two-way ticket,
He relaxed and made merry
with all the merry-makers of bedlam.
on the day you remember people
who did you a whole world of good,
let not your memory be too short
because those people did not do it because you deserved it
they did it out of the goodness of their hearts
Let not your memory be too short
You can move mountains
for people who wouldn't move a molehill
Remember that they do not owe you reciprocity
Do it out of the goodness of your heart
for long, you were disciplined,
you did not indulge in any pleasure,
it felt good to finally tame your demons,
for the first time, you felt untouchable,
the only opinion that mattered was yours,
but, because God has a sense of humor,
you were struck, at lightning speed,
by something unavoidable.
And, after all the sacrifice,
you are back to where you began.
I know, without a doubt,
Of a prisoner inside of me,
I am a jailbird,
Twenty-five to life
No possibility of parole,
I still maintain my innocence - it wasn't me
All I ever did was not consenting to be born
looking back,
it is amazing how I thought
of the vast opportunities that lay before my eyes,
I stood atop a mountain and gazed down
at the beautiful and rolling fields,
all for me to conquer
but then life happens,
I realised that it is unfair
and I never accepted it,
I haven't still.
