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Mar 2014 AB

Love treads the path beyond the wildest of imaginations

Mar 2014 AB

K Balachandran

Love treads the path beyond the wildest of imaginations

On a white conch shell
like flowing teardrops
her name was written,
in his heart's blood;
this is the only record
hitherto, of his sacrifice.

On a coral reef
with every imaginable color,
his name was sculpted;
a real marvel that belies
the labor of love of long days,
her final dedication to the love of her life.

A deep sea diver, exploring
a long time after, strayed
in to this chamber of love secrets
by chance and finds
the relics of a mysterious love affair
that got lost to the human world for ever,
but found an abode deep down
in the ocean depths
amidst crowding scallops, calamari and mussels

The explorer's eyes brim
a stream of tears,
though do not know
for whom, it was shed
adds salt to the ocean floor.

Love makes heroes out of
even timid and docile persons
let me tell this. it is difficult
to predict the ways love treads.

Mar 2014 AB

[insert "I" here] have the type

Mar 2014 AB

Anna

[insert "I" here] have the type

of beauty graced by a kiss of an angel
*&
*of heart caressed by a hand of a cupid

say this out loud
because
it's true

Mar 2014 AB

Things I could never tell you

Mar 2014 AB

DontLoveMeImBroken

Things I could never tell you

I'm horrible with words (not as bad as I am with silence)
They all make sense in my head, but I **** them up when I speak.
So I keep them to myself.
Because who the hell cares what I think about
music, and literature, and war, and you.
No one cares that I hate the color yellow,
And that I can't remember who sang that song,
And that I want to see that movie from the commercial.
And that I like it when I hold you at night.
I'm saying this for me
Because maybe it will help me communicate
Maybe it will help me articulate
Maybe it will help me formulate the words
Maybe it will help me tell you
That I love your smile, and your eyes,
And I hate not being with you
Because I still get butterflies
And I care what you think, and I want to keep you satisfied
Because I don't want you to leave.
But the words get lost between my thoughts and my mouth.
And I know you think about what I'm thinking
And wonder what thoughts I'm keeping
And try to figure out what I'm hiding
And why I won't tell you
That I can't live without you
or I won't live without you
or I don't want to live without you
or..
..**** it..

Mar 2014 AB

Breathless

Mar 2014 AB

Pushing Daisies

Breathless

"Push harder"* I scream,
As your fists attempt,
To regain a pulse,
And send blood surging through,
My non-existent heart beat.

"Push harder" I scream,
As your lips dampen mine,
Transferring fresh air,
And leaving it to inflate,
My corrupted lungs.

"Push harder" I scream,
As your eyes stream wet tears,
But my mouth remains,
Motionless.

Your screaming for me.

*But I can't breath.

I can't breath...

Mar 2014 AB

Dream

Mar 2014 AB

Meenakshi Iyer

Dream

Let us dream
how else does one tolerate
reality?
And dream to not aspire
but to deny
every falsehood promised
for eternity.
And dream so large
and so long
that you

almost

forget...

Mar 2014 AB

The faithfulness of God

Mar 2014 AB

Mike Hauser

The faithfulness of God

Because of your faithfulness

I am able to stand
On the promise of you
Not the wisdom of man

Because of your faithfulness

I can see past the pain
Of what this world has to offer
As I fall on your name

Because of your faithfulness

What tomorrow may bring
Will not weigh me down
It's your song I will sing

Because of your faithfulness

You pour out your love
On a people in need
Of the glory above

Because of your faithfulness

There is not a one
That can't come to the Father
In the name of the Son

Because of your faithfulness*

I will boldly proclaim
The power and glory
*Of your Holy name

Mar 2014 AB

Aren't You Gone?

Mar 2014 AB

Hana Gabrielle

Aren't You Gone?

Love stained my soul
like
charcoal
But somehow you
Made it under my skin
I tried to dig you
Out of my veins
I bled out
But you stayed in

Mar 2014 AB

Stolen Lust

Mar 2014 AB

Fred Kinard

Stolen Lust

Love is dangerous
The heart is brutal
****** spills my guts
I want to adopt her lust
Knife to my throat
She robs me blind
I don't want revenge
I just smell my sheets
Her smell lingers
I ball up like a fetus
Love has abandon me
Let this be a lesson
Love is dangerous

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