Arjun Tyagi

Arjun Tyagi Nov 2017

In a need to start afresh,
I washed my sleep and sheets away,
Changed the pillow covers
To have her smell again.
In a need to make space,
I cleared the trash and my heart,
Made a mess of my room and mind,
I had to begin from the start.
In a need to soothe her,
I dimmed lights and vision,
Couldn't see far enough,
I was attempting a futile mission.
In a need to clear the air,
I lit incense but also a cigarette,
Makes no sense, but maybe
It'll put her burning eyes at rest.
In a need to satisfy,
I cooked to her appetite,
But sullen cutlery await,
Not one reached mouths taking a bite.
In a need to save the day,
I spent all of it,
On the one that never came,
Task by task, bit by bit.

Arjun Tyagi Aug 2017

Baby-Old-Man Sky

Blue so perfect it looked
Azure.
The Greys dormant,
Like ash on my tongue.
Bare since eternity,
With storm-wrinkles now and then,
Wonder how often the sky
Is a baby and old again.
The Black so deep,
Deeper than Hades' Keep.
The Silver so fine,
Blinds a cat's eye.
Still bare since eternity,
With a pattern of utmost conformity,
Wonder how the same sky
Is beautiful yet marred with deformity.

Arjun Tyagi Aug 2017

Eye-lash

pain
The eyelid falls
As does a whip.
lash
Another "mistake"
So called but called.
scar*
Nothing suffices,
She stares,
Under pale eyelashes.

Arjun Tyagi Aug 2017

Ghost Limbs

There was that salty syringe,
Sweet seduction of senselessness.
Then there was you,
Who left behind a ghost heart,
Carried by numb hands,
And dead legs.

Arjun Tyagi May 2017

Hestia's Departure

Once she was a hearth,
Warmth of a home,
She claimed in a heart.
Now, the dying embers,
Of a campfire,
Unsustainable,
Under a naked sky.

Arjun Tyagi May 2017

Ruby and Rust

Ruby lips kissed my dreams,
In another world I was free.
Free to be in hers as well.
She took me by my fingers,
At Midnight's bell.

Each night I dined.
With Queen Green of the fields as
She blew rings of smoke,
Multihued, hazy beads.

Thousand colors ran across her body
Dripping on my tongue.
Kaleidoscope high in our eyes,
Between stars we hung.

Eternal moonlight, her diamond skin
Pale as white death.
I let her sink in.
Sink in deep, in fevered dreams.

Kissed by Ruby lips,
I set sail for her heart

In a little rusty ship.

Arjun Tyagi Apr 2017

The Moment She Missed

It is not her fault,
That she never felt my embrace,
The moment when she knew
She was my only friend.
That she never felt my eyes,
Graze across all of her,
The moment when she knew
She was the most beautiful in them.
That she never had a shadow,
Trailing her every move,
The moment when she knew
From her, it could not be removed.
That she never had her heart racing
As I climbed in through windows,
The moment when she knew
Watchmen could not keep me away.
That she lost what was precious,
Replaced by what was half its worth,
The moment when she knew,
She would never be happy again.
That she picked the half broken toy,
To play with as time passed,
The moment she knew,
Distractions faded quite fast.
That she breathed his name,
As I pretended to be in her,
The moment she knew
Lustful words were just sweet breeze.
That she never forgot the moments,
Which left her marred,
The moment when she knew
I was not him after all.
That she missed all the moments,
Which could have made us better,
The moment when she would know,
We truly belonged together.