To my dear friends I’ve never met,
Who dared to break my solitary gate,
To those still here, and those long gone—
Bleeding ink connected us, not phones.
I am caught between longing and despair,
As though I suffocate while breathing air.
Within the furnace, I mend and hide
My weary face, my grief inside.
For I know nothing of tomorrow,
Yet nostalgia softens all my sorrow.
Though I dwell in darkness and the void,
I wait once more for your voices—
To pull me from the endless ocean
And guide me home again.
JobitaNYC @5232026
May 24
May 24, 2026 at 1:32 AM UTC
The ghost of me roams this world, afraid—
Tainted, ablaze with fierce fire, ****** eyes unsettled.
Swords clenched in both hands, battle-ready,
To slay the dragons within, to shed red tears.
Yet I remain a vessel, bound to earth,
A soul that wanders through shapeless clouds,
Drifting between unseen, parallel galaxies—
A faceless man, unnoticed,
Unrecognized in the eyes of many.
I temper the rush, the volcanic fire within,
For I know: if I ever let it loose,
The ground beneath my feet—
Could split open wide and,
Swallow the rage boiling in my veins,
And burn me to ashes, together
With everything around me.
Once, I knew laughter.
Once, I felt the warmth of hands,
The tether of belonging, the gravity of love.
But time is a river that forgot my name.
Now I drift, a phantom echo,
Speaking in silence, screaming in dreams.
The stars refuse to answer,
The moon turns its face,
And still, I walk—half-man, half-memory—
Carrying wars no one sees.
Is there salvation for a soul unraveled?
Or must I wander forever,
A spark caged in ash,
Waiting for the sky to remember
The name I once had?
@jobiranyc
7/5/25
Jul 5, 2025
Jul 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM UTC
A raging heart like inferno
with a desolated desire
****** eyes without life
inundated by fire
cauterized a pasture green fields
till what remained is the ruin
kernel without rues
when the sun shies the moon.
Recoiled by sultry fears
and the sins of fathers
thou softly callous
for lost the hearts of mothers.
Why shall abhor so much
thou not breathe forever
age is like the blossoming & wilting flowers
when darkness falls and the night is over.
Jobiranyc 2019
Jan 2, 2024
Jan 2, 2024 at 11:26 PM UTC
You’ll remain dwelling in memory
The vast ocean of my head
Forever out of reach, out of touch
Both of us sleeping in separate bed
We’d cherish what we’d given each
Soon that fades away, I guess that’s fine
Now you belong to someone else
And I’ll never ask you to be mine
These are my last words
Nothing shall be said more
Time bends to no man
To mend what’s broken before
The muscle beating inside these ribs cage
Firmly spoken and expressed how it feels
But only time shall reveal some day
If what’s broken today heals
@jobiranyc 9-15-23
Sep 15, 2023
Sep 15, 2023 at 10:19 AM UTC
I sip wine,
and reminisce
about old times,
nostalgia
taking me places
I adored,
places where you and I
once met, crossed paths;
even for some
unknown reasons
later
parted ways.
Now and then,
I see us
through the empty glass
I hold in my cold hands,
drifting to Neverland,
consumed by the joy of fire
after every droplet and
the taste of the fine liquid
evaporates in my veins,
smoothly cutting my throat
like volcanic fire
without a fight.
Then, I mend
alone and dream,
hoping that I’d share
a moment with you again.
So I tell myself,
I should keep opening
another bottle of wine
and get lost
in the past memory
and see
if this loneliness brings me
to your doorstep.
@jobiranyc 9-6-23
Sep 8, 2023
Sep 8, 2023 at 12:52 AM UTC
When you’re soaring through the sky, closer to the moon and stars, life seems simpler and pristine; for you have fewer luggages and carryons to carry. Instead, you’re immersed in daydreams drifting through the clouds, imaging about your final destination and safe landing, as everything else in the world below is just on hold, and waiting for you.
Jobiranyc 7-26-23
Jul 26, 2023
Jul 26, 2023 at 11:51 PM UTC
Y*outhful years ebb away
like a morning mist.
Time is no one’s confidante,
whether you repel or doubtfully persist.
Scars are masked and hidden,
leaving marks that forge with pain.
Memories might bring you back,
string up the lights of a forgotten pain.
Your voice could be echoed,
and carried by a whistling wind.
But age is not a standalone statue
that shows your beginning or the end.
Youthful is a glimpse of fleeting hopes
as time goes by.
Nightfall awaits on the edges
however fearfully you may cry.
You may dream of tomorrow
or a timeless eternity.
Yet, you’re given ticking seconds,
the only chance of certainty.
*
Jobiranyc 7-19-23
Jul 20, 2023
Jul 20, 2023 at 2:04 AM UTC
When that feeling takes over
you can feel the cold breeze
lurking under your skin
tearing apart your wholesomeness
piece by piece like a hungry creature.
You want the emptiness filled
by any means closer to you—
either by your loved ones
you hold dear to your lonely heart
or by someone who you spent
a blink of a night
for a one night stand with
or even by the hard liquid
that numbs your nerves;
yet nothing can fight off the monsters
feeding of off your flesh within
for you’re still the only one burning
with the fire of cloudy darkness—
the droplet of poison in your veins
that’s suffocating and submerging you
underneath the blankets of loneliness
leaving you forever stranded
alone, on an island full of souls.
@jobiranyc 8-31-2021
Jul 11, 2023
Jul 11, 2023 at 10:43 AM UTC
Life is never constant
It changes each day
Let go of your past
And embrace what comes your way
Today you’re free like birds
Tomorrow is not guaranteed
Don’t forget your promises and words
And leaving a legacy with your deed
Jobiranyc
5-27-23
May 27, 2023
May 27, 2023 at 7:41 PM UTC
My mind wonders often
it delves into
the abyss of eternity
questioning and wandering
about its own mortality
for it's trying to discern
what’s waiting
on the other end
of the long tunnel
so it can free itself
from the genie of smokes
and the euphoric pandora
box chained within
relentlessly fighting
to expose the older man
who is hiding
under the mask
and white lies,
who is truly yearning
to free the lost younger-boy
who’s trapped beneath
the pounds of flesh
that’s beating nonstop
yet non-responsive
to his demands
like an ear foreign to
a deafening sound
Jobiranyc 8-17-2022
Aug 17, 2022
Aug 17, 2022 at 2:02 AM UTC