an escape

i have used up all words

i know

i have mismatched rhymes

long ago

old songs have played again

and again

un-fathomed emotions lost

buried, forgotten

no solace found in hope

no more

deceiving lights in days

and morrows

may well not come, i shall not wait

its setting dawns i'll never know

memories locked in caskets real

no looking back..wont reminisce

i close my eyes, instead of search

in humming silence...let me be

and in my darkness, let me dream

goodbye...

the last leaf had fallen
on soil cracked and dry
i've no more tears to shed
to nourish this land

my words have failed
the poems didnt rhyme
their meanings lost
forever
as i

the night gets darker
not a star now shines
ah the moon too hid
but the cloud, yes they are
ready to pour some rain
to wash clean
a soul
now bidding goodbye

shadows

alone again

tonight

plays the memory

of your last words

you dont need me

spoken and drowned

in the deafening

soft whispers

of water splashing

from the falls to a pond

both just

man-made

numbness engulfed

from head to toe

but somehow

skipped my heart!

Oh Lord! dont...

look at the pond

now it overflows

and my eyes are dry

i wish the words remained

and it's i who drowned

instead

i bear, the water still splashing

the pond now in glee

noshing on its feed

a soul

void

dreams, nonchalant

and it wells

as if in celebration

i dont look
and i will not ask
as every drop
wrung from the core
makes my eyes dry
even more

i walk for nowhere

and no one

now

in the stark darkness

yet i know

i am never alone

those words will haunt

tracing every footstep

i leave

mocking, locking
piercing jests
and ironies
with luck and fate

why leave now?

wont the sun set
in a few minutes
anyway
maybe
for the last time
too

the clock hasn't struck
12
months and days
can wait

no more breaking
dawns
one final dusk
and it ends

stay...

together
let's wait

burnt...

the story went

but the last page burnt

the words played right

until...

I thought it was in jest
once you told me not to fall
in love
not to dream
my life away, not to dream
my life

i provoked, i dared
didnt listen, learned
until...

an unnamed solace

what is this place you brought me to?

they say heaven had angels

but i am in darkness, complete

silence

then, why

i feel fine, not cold... at all

not lost, tho

i cannot see

but i know i will follow

your footsteps lead, i listen

your voice, guides

i hear mine

no rights....

wrongs undefined

i dare not ask

i wish to understand

make me bend

and not resist, tell me

to believe and not

question

and before it ends

just

let me

love

i cannot cry

maybe i can tell you how i feel so you can write about it

because you write so well, yes, i think you can

i tried but cannot find the words and my pen ran out of ink

my notepad too tore into pieces when i tried and failed

maybe i can show you my heart and you'll see it bleed

then you can taste my pain and write about it

and you can help me paint the sky in glaring grey

so the blames will stop, they'd know...i tried and failed

or maybe you can hear me sing and witness

how my voice cracks and my notes falter

lost rhymes and confused rhythms, here melody fades

then i stop. and say no more. no dont ask. no tears will show