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Khayaal Chetty Jul 2017
At times, I look into the stars and I see nothing
Nothing but a wasted canvas;
Richly blue-black with spots...
They glisten with the wind and
They soar with the clouds...
They are stuck in limbo between this world
And the heavens...
They live not here...
They live not there...
Beacons of light - too dull to use as light, yet not too dull to be insignificant...
They mean the yang in the yin: the light in the darkness

The queen of the night shows herself from time to time
She adorns the sky and rules with poise
Never caring how small she makes the rest of the cast feel
She does not look down:
Her every step is critiqued
Though she listens to the wolves - for they speak to her solely

The sky fills the void - perhaps the Painter aimed it as such
I do not wish to think so though - it would ruin the effect
Lost in the sky once again
I sigh
The sky shows me what I want
But perhaps peace is not the answer
Neither is solitude
Perhaps I want to belong ...
Khayaal Chetty Jul 2017
They came in the night
Caught unaware as it were
I had no time to react
They came and took what they wanted

I was asleep you see
Dreaming of a garden
The most amazing garden
And they did take that away from me

They came in the night whilst I slept
They mumbled their little spells and created an unnatural reality

I awoke, startled, for that garden did turn against me
The green grew red
The flowers grew teeth
For my dream had become a nightmare
Khayaal Chetty Jul 2017
She flutters through the field
Glistening in the sunlight
Floating as if unaffected by gravity from one flower to the next
Seemingly without purpose

Do you know the sorrow of a star that cannot return to the heavens?
Perhaps such a beautiful creature as said to be hand-painted by God yearns to return to the place where she can live forever

Though you may view the ephemeral form and think it beautiful
The true form lives within - only seeping through in those moments when no one is paying attention
Khayaal Chetty Jul 2017
De voir l'oiseau vert est de donner de la tristesse
Car il ne pourrait jamais se voir
Il ne savait que ce qu'il y a à voir

Il volait comme ci c'est rien d'avoir de la puissance d'être en air
Le rabat des ailles continuait toujours
Quand même ils sont éphémère

L'oiseau volait de tout course
Le cœur ébahi se faire un instinct énormément
Khayaal Chetty Jul 2017
"Winter is the thief of my happiness"
Someone once said this to me
She enters as if welcomed and
pillages my lifeforce until there is none left
She devours the flowers in her hunger frenzy
She, like the hurricane, leaves nothing in her wake: trees bare, icy forests with no sign of life and much worse, it is as if the sun itself was engulfed

In a world of winter there can be no other
No life
No laughter
No peace in that frozen emptiness
Imagine living in that icy tundra
Winter is desolate and dreadful
Winter is fever and death
Winter is unnecessary and should be removed and forgotten

But she disagrees:
I am the misunderstood empress
I feed on misery and give joy
Do not go on only what I say think back now  
Imagine one day in my season
Freezing? Perhaps...  Do you see it?
Your breath floats above you, clouding your vision
Now you drink from that hot mug
Hmm that tea could never grant you the same feeling as it would in those other seasons
I bring life - for, it is I, that allows all to rest
To begin anew
I bring rest - for all things cannot continue indefinitely without consequence
The rest is required for future plans

Summer, that dreadful devil,
He has poisoned your well so to speak
He has bribed you to spite me
He feeds you with luscious fruits and evergreen trees
The sun scolds your skin and still you are blinded
I am misunderstood - you do not see me for who I am
You see me in the bigger picture for
I bring cold - that comfort you feel when you are just becoming warm
That rather fantastic visage of an overcast day
That is me

Winter proclaims to be the queen of new beginnings
There cannot be a new before removal of the old
I am the passing of time
Without me, a world entirely run by that Solar dictator, would be horrid
Reluctantly she returns to her kingdom for no one listens to her
Summer has won the battle but the if it is a war he wants, then a war he shall get ...
Khayaal Chetty Jul 2017
Towering over all other life
Watching through those large orbs which seemingly gaze into the inner parts of ones mind
Although protected with two ivory pillars, unequivocally terrified
All the while knowing that anything can go wrong

Upon the shoulders of the giant
One may experience that which is sought after
A position of safety albeit false and temporary
From a greater height the larger the plight
Into the depths of crushing darkness

Do you know the sorrow of a star that cannot return to the Heavens?
A pain so great - it may engulf the planet although bystanders are not aware
The Darkness shows it's ferocious hunger for the light
In that ephemeral second of eternity
The heart echoes the emptiness inside
Lub-Dub-Lub-Dub-Lub-Dub

For in the Heart of the Elephant
When the love falls
And all that is left is disaster
And all is lost
What is there to do but to look toward the Greater Beings
We yearn for understanding
Meaning from the suffering
Khayaal Chetty Jul 2017
Upon the verge of the 17th sun
The Earth and Sky connect
Never touching, but through the rain, their hearts are joined
For One is outlined by the other

There can be none like it
For the skies are bliss in their serenity
While soundless droplets make their plight
The heard sound is after the fact, for the rain does not concern itself with such trivial matters
Invisible prison bars illuminate the landscape
Engraving that which ought to be noticed

Ultimately, they are separated once more
For as the 18th moon takes over her watchful duty
She knows not that her precious Earth has been unfaithful
For she can never speak to the Sun

— The End —