Wednesday 31 August 2016

Drunk


Oh, you're like the good kind
The strong kind, the kind that leaves a bitter taste on my tongue
But a sweetness in my soul
For it allows me to feel you, loud and bold
Your skin, your gaze, your life-giving embrace
You're the kind that leaves me in a daze
Just a sip of your lips, my addictive craze
And I'm drunk on a taste of divine love and lust
The kind that breaks my walls down and allows me to trust
That for once,
I'm not being unreasonable for going under the influence
For once, I'm dizzy at the mercy of your perfection
I'm feeling things 10 times their origin
And seeing things in triple a vision
And I swear I haven't drank at all today
Not a sip not a shot, just not.
But you're buzzing through my veins
And I hear my heart over the rains.
My sight is blurry but my focus is right
You're the only vision I care for in this stary night
My legs are wobbling,
incapable of walking straight
They just keep leading me down your street
Until I'm standing on your porch,
with nothing to do but wait.
I'm high on a soul, a soul that's beautiful
Amazing, addictive and kind
Minx extraordinaire, I can't get her off my mind
I'm drunk on the idea of us being more
I'm drunk on a soul I wish to know.

Wednesday 24 August 2016

Favorite


There's a dawn in your eyes
That makes fools of even the wise.
There is chaos in your heart,
A cacophony I wish to be lost within.
Of every soul you've ever encountered,
of every soul you've ever wandered and got lost.
I want to hear about your journeys
through lives of people you've made weak at the knees.
I've never had favorites,
But suddenly the color of your eyes has changed it all.
I've never seen any quite like yours,
Vast oceans residing in eyes, beautiful and small.
Novels have never captured me the way your story has
Every pause and every para,
Every word has become mine.
I've never really been fine,
But your laughter tastes of red wine
and I could never find another remedy that could make me feel more at ease.
Please,
Stay a while longer.
This electricity between us,
Let it shock stronger.
Let them all know, you belong here,
Right here dear.
I've never had favorites,
I guess that's cause I was just waiting for you.

Thursday 18 August 2016

Dark Horse


Life had been unfair quite often
but she wore her heart on her sleeve
and her lips donned a grin
she battled each day with a hope to win.
Challenges foreshadowed her,
but nothing could deter,
that dragon heart inside her warrior soul
the one that grew stronger with every year she grew old,
With words for swords and rational thinking- her shield,
there was not a war she hadn't ruled the field.
Conqueror by day, dreamer by night,
This fairy tale slayer chased fireflies too bright.
She had a calmness about her,
a purity, rich and white,
but in those lonely hours of a still night.
She would think about the things
life liked to throw onto her path.
Things that left scars on her soul,
and deep wounds in her heart.
Only when she was sure no one was looking,
when no one would suspect a storm was cooking,
the thunder would rage within her,
and the clouds she had for eyes,
would break like the rain falls from the skies.
she would mourn for all the lies
ever told, and all the truth untold
she was a crying mess
believing no one could care less
and to her pillow at night
she'd quietly confess
it was human of her, to feel fear
but she couldn't show the world
she didn't want to be the weak little girl.
She was no quitter,
and definitely not a sore loser.
Tomorrow was gonna be another day
another new beginning,
some more challenges to come her way,
so she closed her eyes, and with it the day.
Letting the tears stay on her cheeks,
while she continued to pray,
that all of her demons and beasts
she may bravely slay,
But tonight, tonight she wishes to be whisked away
by dreams of happy endings and easier days.
Young little warrior,
keep fighting away.
You will rise above the hate soon,
you will have your crown,
you will have your way.

Wednesday 10 August 2016

Misunderstood


Behind all that make up and good looks,
there is a child who loved reading books.
Behind all the late night drinks and getting home in the morning,
there is a soul, sober and un-falling.
Below the surface that everyone sees,
there is a young kind heart that loves and won't cease.
They look at you and their gaze ends there,
on the surface, 
they don't care
to look beyond the wall you so efficiently erected,
to ask why this defense mechanism you've selected.
They call you shallow,
say you're just like the others,
that for a depth in you, don't bother.
But I can't for the life of me ignore,
that to you there is much more.
I want to learn you by heart,
learn your heart, your core,
dance with your soul.
They say you don't have one anymore,
that you have lesser friends than foe.
But I will not let go,
until I know
you and all that makes you,
and all that's hidden behind you.
They tell me I'm gonna get this heart hurt again.
Friend,
risking our hearts is why we live.
For this misunderstood soul, a chance I wish to give.
Come not in my way, until I lose.
This is what I choose
You unsettle me, you amuse.
You're hiding so much,
you're listening to the blues.
I will color those sounds,
and those filthy rumors making the rounds,
and I will love you,
and your traits and your quirks,
your sass and your smirk.
And if I get hurt,
atleast I'll know I tried,
I will walk away,
but not with wounded pride.
For my only aim is to love,
and make sure you feel no lack thereof.
There are only two ways this could go,
we could crash and burn to ashes, never to be again,
or we could fall deep into a fiery love that never has to end.

Wednesday 3 August 2016

Once


Once we were something
something beautiful skimming the lines of perfect
once we were almost broken, almost wrecked
once we sat together and tried to mend
this broken world's ideas of love
once we laughed our lungs out and learned from our silliness
we wrote and shared and wrote again
and to passing time stayed oblivious.
Once you were my 3 am call
and I was your chi, your safe fall
once, with you here, nothing else mattered,
nothing at all
Once, you danced your way into my mind
and I worded through your soul
Once, we said we'd never grow old.
Once, we were warming hearts that had vowed to stay cold.
Once upon another time,
you allowed me to hold your hand in mine,
and we ran towards a gush of infinity
life hitting us in the face
taking our breaths away
leaving us with so much to say
and yet no words needed.
And when we finally slowed down,
we uttered not a sound,
yet the noise between us
stayed evident and profound.
We breathed deeply, and smiled
lives later we sat on a bench
surrounded by many
but caring only for one another
we breathed deeply, and smiled
you've always been the breath I love inhaling
every once in a while.

Poetry


Someday, I will write poetry for you
I will write about how the dots in the night skies
pale in comparison to the sparkle in your eyes
I will write about how you make heads turn
and hearts yearn, and souls burn for your love
I will write about how you were sent from above
I will write about how you smell of vanilla one moment
the next, bubble gum.
I will write about the tunes you hum.
I will write about your hair and the clothes you wear
and the blogs you share
and the causes you care
For you, not a blank page I will spare.
And you will learn what it is to be a muse
to inspire a writer to put her words to use
effortlessly, you will become the epitome of my universe
Seamlessly, you will become my poetry
Some day I will write you.
Someday, like today, poetry will become you.

Monday 1 August 2016

No Joy But Lacks Salt


In your un-moving, consistent manner
you stay right, kind and constant
you wanton away those moments that call for change
you stay, the same, stationary
and what joy you bring while you're at it
what joy you bring
what songs they sing
for you, about you, around you
they ground you, keep you who you are
keep you from straying far
many a folk have turned fool to your joke
but they awoke
because after all that time,
after all those rhymes,
Joy was beautiful
it was life giving,
it was exhilarating
exciting
inviting
enticing
but not enough
for it lacked salt
and it felt tasteless.