On weekends, I usually indulge in mundane pastimes in which life duties have no bearing.
Going on leisurely walks, watching films, or making acquaintances. Ah, the art of living!
On most weekdays, however, I often find myself drowning in murky and troubled waters.
Where expectations and obligations gather in a swarm, taking on sharklike features
Striking after telltale signs of surrender. Leaving trails of existential horrors in their wake.
What would it take to flee and veer off the current course? I’d then sit and ponder.
To chase after rosy-deemed dreams made entirely of garments, needles, and thread.
Confiding in parents amidst the chaos is also a proven futile effort because —
‘You’d outgrow your fleeting obsessions,’ is what they always confidently mutter.
Opening room for more doubt and despair to barge in with a loud clatter.
But I learned to hide my biting resentment underneath layers of feigned indifference.
Mastered the craft of walking in confident strides and etching on saccharine smiles.
Because what good comes from performing a Shakespearean tragedy before prying eyes?
However, when the game of play-pretend becomes taxing, and patience starts wearing thin
I seek refuge in my bedroom vicinity, where I freely entertain the blood-spattered what-if musings.
Sep 21, 2024
Sep 21, 2024 at 8:23 PM UTC
I mute the dins and noises of the past
and hear only the melodies of the present
Oct 22, 2020
Oct 22, 2020 at 9:32 AM UTC
I'm both a victim and the murderer
of my own mind
I'm the wound and the knife
Oct 18, 2020
Oct 18, 2020 at 11:10 AM UTC
Let's throw caution to the wind
and venture into the unknown together
hand in hand
Our love will be our guiding light
Oct 11, 2020
Oct 11, 2020 at 10:09 AM UTC
I plumped myself down in a corner
Sat there for what it seemed like forever
My expressions an inscrutable mixture
Tormented in a blazing invisible fire
My whimpers and groans leaped
higher and higher
My misery and distress outpoured
and my pain screamed and roared
Scared to utter a word or speak
I only managed a shriek and a squeak
On this October bluey night
I simply wished to disappear from sight
Oct 10, 2020
Oct 10, 2020 at 9:57 AM UTC
When you stare at me
love poems seem to flow
effortlessly
and
unapologetically
from your eyes
into my heart
making it skip a beat
Oct 7, 2020
Oct 7, 2020 at 11:24 AM UTC
Your eyes alone turn restraints into grips
Your eyes alone turn frowns into smiles
Your eyes alone turn despair into hope
Your eyes alone change the concept of time
by turning temporary into forever
Your eyes have that power
Oct 5, 2020
Oct 5, 2020 at 1:16 PM UTC
When I met you
I gave up my safety
pushed away peace
avoided common sense
and ignored happiness
When I met you
I fraternized with danger
consorted with violence
embraced folly
and accepted misery
Oct 4, 2020
Oct 4, 2020 at 2:43 PM UTC
My life writes itself anew
when I'm with him
everything becomes a
source of wonder
Sep 27, 2020
Sep 27, 2020 at 10:04 AM UTC
Just like any other night
I sit down
dig a hole in my head
pick up a buried memory
begin to
torture it
and
gnaw at it
until it begs me
to stop
Jun 7, 2020
Jun 7, 2020 at 11:46 AM UTC