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 May 2016 R Arora
Astraea
"When I grow up
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures
That you have to fight beneath the bed
Each night when you're a grown up"

Before I grew up
The creatures residing
Beneath my bed were
Crocodiles swimming
Fearless of the lava
Fiercely bubbling
Across my floor
Each night spent jumping
From light switch to bed

When I grow up
The crocodiles changing
Into thoughts
Incessant buzzing
The fiery lava
Slowly hardening
To form my mind
No amount of leaping
Able to protect
My feet from burning

When I grow up
Will I be brave enough to fight the new creatures
That I need to fight within my mind
Each night when I'm all grown up?



"When I grow up
I will be strong enough to carry all
The heavy things you need to haul around
With you when you're a grown up"

Before I grew up
The heavy things
I had to carry
My bag for school
Notes for filing
Hauled around with me
Spare clothes for changing
When I get messy
Joyously playing
Without a care
Or worry in sight

When I grow up
Bag no longer as heavy
As emotions all weighing
Down on my shoulders
Sentiments receiving
Tending to different orders
Spare faces for switching
My masks of skill
All for pretending
That I don't have a care
Or worry in sight

*When I grow up
Will I be strong enough to shoulder all
The heavy feelings that I need to hold within
My heart when I'm all grown up?
Quoted words are lyrics by Tim Minchin from the song When I Grow Up in Matilda the Musical.
Inspired by this song because it was so much more than a child singing those words. As it turns out they can apply for anyone of any age.
 May 2016 R Arora
jane taylor
i hear the loudest
in the quiet

©2016janetaylor
 May 2016 R Arora
psyche
I Chose
 May 2016 R Arora
psyche
I chose to be happy
To smile with no regrets

I chose to be witty
To be valiant and not to hate

I chose to move
To turn and not to look back
again

but memories go  strong
as time choose to run
when yesterday now ends
I wipe to reminisce again

And there,
at the end of the day
I still choose
to cry
again.
 May 2016 R Arora
Àŧùl
Punjabi (Roman script, not in the Gurmukhi script)

Jadon teri khushboo udi-udi jaaye,
Mennu vaajaan maar bulaye,
Main kyun khincha chala aanda,
Ni main tenu pyar karda.


Translation in English

When I sense your scent in the wind,
Calling my name out,
Why I get pulled towards you,
It's because I love you.

OoOoOoO
My HP Poem #235
©Atul Kaushal
 May 2016 R Arora
Star Gazer
You are the kindest girl I have met.
Your smile shines brighter than any stars
And if I could I would give you a million roses
And each one would definitely worth it.
You are coated in a petal of sweetness
And though every rose stands
You are a rose that stands out.
Pretty petals of a perfect pretty rose
is a metaphor that doesn't cover enough.
Your sense of humour is fantastic,
The things you say aren't sarcastic
It's humourous and adorable.
You are a precious little rose.
 May 2016 R Arora
Phantom Poet
I wanted to hold her hand,
They were smooth,
And a little cream bland,
Her nails were pink,
Purple and all the colors,
One could think,
Her hand was like a flower,
Colorful and wavy,
I longed to take her hand in mine,
And just spend the time,
And when I greet her,
I kiss her hand,
Like an English gentleman!
 May 2016 R Arora
Lost
Mosaic
 May 2016 R Arora
Lost
My life
Is like
A mosaic.

Shattered pieces
Fit together,
In hopes
To look
Beautiful.
I could relate to the project we're doing in my art class.
 May 2016 R Arora
Star Gazer
The sky and the sun have been acquainted for long,
Yet they bicker, fight and sometimes don't get along
But when nights inevitable vanish and stars gone
They stood by each others side as the sun in the sky.
Now one day the sky had the courage to speak his mind
The correct syntax and metaphors of what he could find
He said 'Sometimes, I love that you give me my colour,
That you show me all the hidden beauty to discover,
And you have always been like my lover'.

The sun beamed a radiant ray into the vast sky,
Eviscerating the clouds that kept the beautiful sky hidden,
Though the love between the sun and the sky is forbidden
So although their hearts and storms beat to the same rhythm
They were never meant to stay together with one another
So the sun, the sky, the warmth carried empty title of lovers.
 Apr 2016 R Arora
Star Gazer
Star~
 Apr 2016 R Arora
Star Gazer
I'm not much in number of years
But I have shed a number of tears.
People tell me 'spend less time with the heaven lit-
And surely one day that somehow you'll benefit'.
Days grow long
and nights carry on
But I resume my task of staring at the stars
In hopes that they don't venture on far
But I know truly,
No matter how far they go,
They will always be in my heart.
 Apr 2016 R Arora
Jade Channell
Loud voices cry inside my head
screaming for release.
I lay quietly on my bed
as cold air settles on my feet.

The knotting in my stomach
is a sure sign,
that the voices in my head
are slowly making me unwind.

No one is there.
The silence rings it true,
but the voices in my head
are sounding what is
no longer new.

They whisper and scream
the secrets that I know,
round and round
until I give.
They are my secret foe.

No one will ever hear them and
my sanity is slowly slipping.
The last bits of my coherent mind
are very slowly chipping.
Please leave me some comments and criticism. I really enjoy hearing form people.
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