what a privilege it is
to celebrate with fireworks.
to hear thundering booms fill the air
and not simultaneously be full of fear.
to have the sky painted
with vibrant dazzling colours -
not the grounds stained
with new shades of red.
to hear the calming whistle
and anticipate a euphony -
not a cacophony of
cracks, bangs, screams and cries.
what a privilege it is
to have never heard the latter.
what a privilege it is
to associate explosion
with new beginnings -
not an impending end.
what a privilege it is
to celebrate with fireworks.
Dec 31, 2023
Dec 31, 2023 at 10:12 AM UTC
it was the sunset that promised you a new day, a better day
the colour of her smile after she made a silly joke
the adorable giggles she hid and the shy confessions she made
the warmth of her hugs, words and her eyes
it was the comfort that bloomed when she told me 'everything will be okay'. the safety I found in her eyes when I nodded, believing it too.
the sleepy goodnights and cheerful good mornings. it was the orange love between yellow smiles, forehead kisses and red-burning flames of passion
love that was always there, even when the sun went to sleep.
it was the all-encompassing flutters in my chest when we were together. orange butterflies racing against one another.
orange was the colour of her love, like the sunset, that always promised a better day
May 10, 2023
May 10, 2023 at 9:35 PM UTC
strip her down
enjoy her
pass her on
use her
rip her apart
then pass her down
celebrate her
strip her down
expose her
until the skin she's just gained
has shed
left on the ground
then pass her down
thinner and thinner
lighter and lighter
pass the parcel
last layer of skin
until she's stripped to the bone
but still
the game must go on
pass her down
pass her down
to be used
one last time
pass the parcel
until she - the parcel -
gives in
and passes
Jun 1, 2021
Jun 1, 2021 at 10:51 PM UTC
just when you think you've moved on
you find yourself back at square one
with an evolved mindset and mentality
ready to do the same thing that forced you to change
once again.
Mar 26, 2021
Mar 26, 2021 at 8:13 AM UTC
just like that
we said goodbye
not to leave
but to commemorate
the good times
and to welcome
in some more.
Dec 27, 2019
Dec 27, 2019 at 8:51 AM UTC
your worth is unmeasurable
its value is so high
yet so low
all it takes is
the right person
to determine
how much you’re worth
but
don’t let an unmeasurable soul
measure your worth.
don’t let one with an
unmeasurable worth
determine the value
of yours.
Jul 21, 2018
Jul 21, 2018 at 9:19 PM UTC
for a moment i lost focus.
i lost focus.
began to forget
parts of myself
that made me
me.
i lost focus on myself.
only to direct it to the
temporary world that
we live in.
for a long time
i lost focus of my mind.
only to focus on the
blur and haziness
that is my life.
Jul 6, 2018
Jul 6, 2018 at 9:01 PM UTC
so you went on to let things go,
to stay away from the people who loved you most.
all because you were looking forward to something
perfectly undulant, so unexpected and so unfortunately right for you.
but what you didn't know
was that you were looking forward
to what would be the declivity of your life.
undulant. unexpected. unfortunate.
Apr 17, 2018
Apr 17, 2018 at 8:30 PM UTC
of all the mistakes
you will make
avoid ruining
the trust that
one has for you
see trust as water.
when water spills
you can always
soak it back up
but
it will never
be the same amount
that it initially was.
-z
Apr 15, 2018
Apr 15, 2018 at 9:27 PM UTC
gorging through the sturdy built walls of persona
the piercing beak spares nothing of your emotion
unwelcomed but persistent it swoops down
filling your ecstatic mind withs its ferocious feathers of poor aura and corruption
malovent in its actions; its screeches reflect off of your deception
of things that you once loved and held with full appreciation
that’s the power of overthinking -
for it’s suspiciously secrete like the crow,
surviving off of adverse assumptions.
Mar 19, 2018
Mar 19, 2018 at 4:29 PM UTC