Run, the voices are encircling
Hide, all the lights are fading
A siren, across the sky deafening
Come back ! Don't leave me
My life is not over yet, please
The clank of knives touching each other
Thousands, cleansing us, the defilement
Come back ! Don't leave me
Run, we deserve our degrading life
Help ! Papa ! Mama ! Don't leave me
You are not worthy, not deserving
So die quickly, end our suffering
Run, father, the voices are encircling
Hide, mother, all the lights are fading

A tuareg blended in the dunes of the sahara
As the night beckoned the shelter of moonlight
He Asks: que veux-tu, oh nuit solitaire?
pourquoi m'as-tu amené ici? quel est mon but
The shivering sands beneath his feet answers
Years pass by fading their camel's footprints
Of voyages that sail with the ships of the desert
Each with a different purpose but actually the same
To complete thier journey towards their paradise
A destination each one hopes to reach one day
Some carry burdens, some nothing but their hearts
Some come with gifts, some with nothing but piety
Thousands have come and thousands will come
And some will ask the same question as yours
So I say to you, ton but n'est rien de plus
So to them you say, que la façon dont vous
choisissez de prendre votre voyage
And with these words the sands fell silent again

The voyage of a thousand stars
Above us passing through the cosmos
We both are like them on a journey
Finding our destination in each other
The moonlight dancing on your face
As we get lost in our conversations
And when you close your eyes
Falling asleep on my shoulders
I hear the constellations whispering to me
Hold her gently tonight and give her love
And watch as she lets go of all her worries
And sinks into you to find her strength
So that she will find a love as pure as her
In you, like the stars, our odyssey begins
A never ending story in an endless universe

The evening orange sunset
Its peels running over the sky
You and I in an arabesque cafe
Coffee mixed with first love
Hanging in the air all around
That smell of your perfume
Overpowering like your eyes
And your lips after each sip
Your every breath, tantalizing
Radiating our love each second
Maybe the night never comes
And I can see you forever then
Watching the sun glow your face

Where are we?
When I ask a stranger
Standing above the city
Inside this world, I wake up
Recollect a dream inside a dream
Did I sleep, I want to believe
And then my thoughts wander
I see the busy street fill up
Thousands of different faces
Why are they all here?
Alone, I speak my mind out
The people still keep staring
And I close my eyes again
Standing above the city
When I ask a stranger
Where are we?

The victors of war raging in their voilent wrath
A loom of clouded darkness wrapping the world
Death over shadowing life like a burning chaos
Within it all foaming under the bloodied sands
The fury, the miasma, the ferocity like wild hounds
Tearing apart the judgment, one by one, slowly
Of those who fell and those that finally survived
But at what cost? When their mind has already died
And for what reason? When their soul is already lost

The quintessence of life
Hidden in the portraits of people
A child draws his innocence
First impressions of a masterpiece
To be one displayed in time
Experiences that define existence
In the art gallery of his lifetime

I saw hanging clouds on the top of the world
And my dreams following the fleeting sun
Flying above the world in the machines of man
But it's engine groaning under misery
A thousand parts suddenly falling apart
Under the weight of repeated failures
Not able to reach the infinitesimal summit

Stormy sand dunes of foaming memories
A dryness palpitating the scorched heart
The thirst waiting in her eyelids, teardrops
An endless desert beckons towards agony
And a violent sun burns her bruised flesh
But to endure it, to suffer worse than death
Can make this mirage of life, meaningful
So that others can one day find its purpose.

-K

Machinations of dreamlands
Clockworks turning into ideas
Inside a dystopia of emotions
Perfectly tuned to each possibility
Until each sequence is in sync
And all residents devoid of variables

-K

A thought like broken fragments
Kaleidoscopic yet still monotonous
Dancing in solitude, altering alchemy
Yet still jumbled like the morning crossword
Is there clarity hidden amongst mayhem?
Or is this chaos the unveiled mystery

-K

Sunset like drizzling honey
Spread across a toasted sky
Evening, a swirl of emotions
And the warm glaze of her arms
Both of us nested in the twigs
Of seeing our lives intertwined

A cacophony of darkness
The silence of his thoughts
An extinguished candle
But the burning melancholy
Like a wanderer in the desert
Only the night brings him refuge

A thousand feet
Walking in the rain
A thousand emotions
Washed down the drain
Each face a possibility
Each heart a capability
A thousand drops later
The storm still rages

He unfolded his red turban lying on his khaat
Seeing me in my new ghagra-choli he bought
The evening sun setting in his eyes like a candle
While the stars sing as I watch him eat dal bhat
Tonight, I will be awake in all the quarters of the night
Watching your dreams tune away by the sarangi at my side
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Isolated, the prisoner finds freedom
An illusion in this caricature world
Happiness isn’t in the longing of isolation
But to be alone and still remain a clockwork
Sharing the burden of emotions all around
So that in the end when you look behind
You were never the only person alone

Her tears, droplets of fresh spring dew
Falling upon the soft petals of her face
That first smile afterwards, a mountain breeze
Rejuvenating the barren soul lost from its path
Why then does my heart still cry tonight?
Why does it remain still as this night is?
Perhaps it has left my prison, a desert
Yearning to join its beloved on a crescent
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The wrinkles on her skin never aged
They stayed the same since I was born
And then I saw her entire world change
But she still kept smiling like always
Too late, to remember all that she taught
Maybe I am already gone way too forward
Because not even death can comprehend
How her memories still remain unchanged
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Like the falling of autumn leaves
The beloved left the hands of the lover
Casting a veil over their broken souls
Where is the solace? If not in her laughter
That would break this spell of fall like spring
But her smile is hidden beneath the snowy ground
Because this winter has separated you and I
Making us forget our journey through the seasons

Freedom
The captured craves it
The captor hates it
What is its price then?
Priceless or bargained?
Or else only imagination
For nobody is really free
Only some pretend to be

These palpable thoughts, raining in clouds of dust
Upon unfolded, crumpling stacks of discarded dreams
Bottles of ink, trying to resuscitate the forgotten words
Only to spill on the sheets, holding the empty hopes
Is the mind gone along with its representation?
To be forever lost, trapped inside an overgrown shell

Writhing, churning the mind of insolence
A seething Pain oozing, creating a trance
Suspended inside undulating darkness
And heavy chains shackling lightness
Ripples, swaying the animated mirrors
Reflecting violent, psychotic thoughts
Unabashed by the reality collapsing in
Leaving a hollow, empty husk therein

A cold December day, I see it in my dreams
White dazzling snow below an icy breeze
Everywhere, all around me, shuffling feet
Like beehives pouring across the street
Do I see red? Inside a sea of sugar icing
As if its a cherry on the top of a cake, waiting
Closer, I go towards it like a birthday boy
My eyes glinting like its my christmas present
I reach it, the growing mystery finally resolved
SLAP! Right in my face, awake, back in class

The midnight soul, in its angelic form
Waiting for the last train on the platform
The midday body, like a withered leaf
Seeing the train leave in utter disbelief
As the clock ticks forward the body fades
Time, as they say, an enemy that breaks
Only the soul remains at the strike of twelve
And a dark night overpowers the shining day

Infinite, trapped inside layers of dreams
It is the inconceivable limit of all minds
Motionless but somehow always moving
As if it is the night sky, constantly shifting
A state of perfection is its paradoxical utopia
Imperfect and breaking logical reasoning
Because then it would make everything, finite

Still, as the untouched glass of water
Flowing, as the memories dissolve inside
Absolute, as its essence remains unchanged
Wavering, as it absorbs the experiences
Time unhinges the very fabric of existence
Only to become its preexisting condition

Summer, when we still had our milk teeth
Calling to me like that long lost friend
Instant crush on seeing that bar of KitKat
While waiting in line to see Harry Potter
The magic hidden in Grandma's kitchen
And the countless memories of her youth
Fall, bringing us back to the classrooms
And making the summer a part of the past

Sweet dreams, I am finally asleep
I can see the colors on your window
Casted by every smile on your face
Mesmerizing the eyes of my heart
With your soft lips, a piece of art  
Tonight I just want to be on your side
Just us until the first rays of sunshine

I am sitting in the front seat
Watching the end of the world
Come, sit beside me
And witness alongside
The beginning of the ending
Skies are on fire while you laugh
But I cannot control my tears
Because this is my only home
On which you want to make yours

My requiem is your broken dream
Am I living or has the clock stopped
That one moment is the only lifetime
Our hands touched for the first time
Do you remember our first sunset kiss?
Your request is still weighing on my mind
My mind betrayed the heart that night

The empty seat,
In a happy room
The past lingering,
Making the present gloom
Where are the tears?
Still here inside my eyes
Because my heart is gone
With all my emotions inside

The crackling waves speak gently
Come back from the distant shore
Nobody is waiting for you anymore
Only thousands of memories buried
Only an empty pain hidden beneath
Asleep peacefully inside the cold earth
So come float away with me in this berth

Flowers and a square ground
Waiting for you probably wilted
Numb as a lifeless force, dead
But still waiting for what I hoped
Sitting on that broken bench, cold
Hoping your tombstone disappeared

Silhouette on the scorching sidewalk
A mirage peering out of the door
An epiphany jumps from the bulwark
Out of reach from the shadow of four
The gazing silence from the clouds
In the aftermath of the deafening roar
Speaking to the mindless tongue
Of the silhouette standing from before

Let me take you with the winds
To a journey across the azure sky
Where the sea of sound fades away
Embraced by cold sweeping currents
Maybe we can float forever and ever
And ever and ever and ever but never
Never to return back to what we left

An eden in the desert
Colorful and vibrant
Dancing on the bridge
Of a distant shore
Her eyes fluttering
Like a butterflies flight
Look at her, see her mystery
Every word she says is melody
Be with her, see the magic
Her past is one of the tragic
I see her, you see her, she is here
Open your heart, you will find her
She is with you, everywhere
Hidden behind the despair

Why is there an ocean of tears
But no river of emotion draining
Where have my memories gone
An empty shell filled with nothing
Tear apart my haunting misery
And find the same personality

Sleepless nights haunted me
Now the insomnia is a habit  
My nightmares are a part of me
Writhing at the edge of my skin
Is it really my mind that is breaking
Or is this really who I have become

I have seen the cloth tied with knots
On you, standing at the edge of firdaws
Seeing it's rivers humming like a soft note
Reveal yourself to me like a red eclipse
Coloring my emotions with a blood dye
And leave me like the wandering dervish
So I can preach your mysticism to myself

Let me drown in your eyes
So don’t close your eyelids
I have found my destination
Won’t you let me stay there?
Where I found your heart
And my dreams intertwined

Particles streaming through infinity
Each dot a universe of possibility
Time is not relative to their existence
A motionless movement of consistence
Trillions voyaging across the cosmic sea
But only one harboring a life giving tree

An abyss enveloped by darkness
My heart is trapped in it's clutches
Accumulating within it's recesses
The plague of my greatest fears
I hear my own haunting screams
But no one can answer my prayers
For I have accepted the loneliness
And crushed my dream into pieces

The stranger bids me farewell
Thunderstorms ringing like a bell
Emitting steam the train has left
But I am still standing here bereft
One moment like a thousand days
After which we parted our ways
Just two small specks on a canvas
Met by coincidence joined by chances

Twilight pouring in the atmosphere
Filling the sky with it’s heavy dose
I’ll wait till the sunset empties itself
To watch the dancing stars myself
Playing with my only friends tonight
Until I doze off soundly till the first light

Be like the gusts of wind
Free and unshackled
Be like the waves of the sea
Fearless and mighty
Meet each day as a new friend
Each moment as a new end
Highs and lows are parcels of life
Package them and keep them aside
Then you will find happiness waiting
Within the myriad of life smiling

Strings of an unstrung mind
Without tuning has collapsed
Breaking the cycles of reality
Merging fantasy with actuality
One is not two and two is none
If not two then where is the one

The sands move beneath my feet
Slowly creating dunes underneath
Brown landscapes and blue skies
Above and below both featureless
As there is only a calm nothingness
Stranded here is an eternal limbo
Forever trapped in this great inferno

The cadence of the prelude
Starts the symphony of time
The piano playing in C major
Resonating the law of nature
Violins strumming a soft hue
Tuning the many colors of life
The rhythm begins to conclude
With the last note of a trombone

Illuminating the night skies
One thousand one lanterns
Flying high to reach the stars
Their destination is nowhere
Only to float aimlessly forever
Until it lands down whenever

Voluminous drapes of trance
Fragmentary thoughts escape
Gyrating vortex of the sphere
Siphoning the persistent psyche
Split the sphere into hemisphere
Disintegrating into the perspective