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266 · May 2019
Fazed
Zia May 2019
there are days
when i sit in daze
in my mind, on repeat
a phrase
is it a phase
or is it the start
of a maze?
i look for ways
to get out unscathed
it doesn’t work, not always
265 · Jan 2020
Healed
Zia Jan 2020
It used to hurt
to think about you
but now I smile
because I knew you
for a while
261 · Jun 2020
Blessed
Zia Jun 2020
You came as a surprise
And made me realise
that on earth there’s paradise
I just have to look in your eyes
and feel how blessed am I
260 · Jun 2020
Daydream
Zia Jun 2020
I think of you very often
of what could have been
if I hadn’t left back then
We had a great between
I think of how it all began
and how it had to end
You are the only has-been
that would have been
more than it had been
were we given
more than a min
I can only imagine!
257 · Jun 2019
Melted
Zia Jun 2019
Your loving gaze
Like sun rays
Thawed my cold heart
I thought I was falling apart
Nothing made sense
Until you touched my hands
How could that be?
Such power over me?
I looked into your eyes
In mine you saw the whys
But what I saw in yours
Took away my fears
256 · May 2019
Mind-Glowing
Zia May 2019
you reached me from behind
i felt the weight of the grind
i wanted to scream and i did in my mind
not because i wasn't inclined
it's just been a while we haven't twined
where we were partially blind
and yet perfectly aligned
250 · Jun 2019
Mr Precise
Zia Jun 2019
A hint of spices
In his meat slices
His hackles rise
He's ready to scythe
The imbecile
Who ruined his appetite
250 · May 2019
Reset
Zia May 2019
Don’t call me a poet
For only out I let
What you bet
Would never set
me free and yet
here I am - a Juliet
who may not forget
but lives in no regret
249 · Mar 2020
Special
Zia Mar 2020
You've always been different from the rest
And that's why, to me, you'll always be the best
248 · May 2019
I Express
Zia May 2019
despite my mess
you gave me your best
until my eyes rest
i'll remember your kindness
247 · Jul 2019
You
Zia Jul 2019
You
how to love
how to hate
you taught me both
245 · May 2019
Let me fly away
Zia May 2019
the less I say
the more you lie
the more you play
the less I sigh
the more you betray
the less I cry
why don’t you go away
I’m not going to ask why
238 · May 2019
Yet Untitled
Zia May 2019
know that i still think about you
maybe not every day but i do
i think of what could have been
had i been too hasty at nineteen?
i guess we won't ever know
unless we give it another go
people say don't look back
look ahead and don't lose track
but you're part of my story
you're a chapter i can't just bury
236 · May 2019
I have delivery!
Zia May 2019
With soft kisses
He reduces my ire to pieces
Stacks them in little parcels
Embellished by beautiful tassels
Sends them flying like peaceful angels
235 · Apr 2020
Flawed
Zia Apr 2020
We were two peas in a pod
Trying to beat the odds
Because we didn’t pray
to the same god
People called us frauds
But couldn’t they see
they were as much flawed
as us two broads?
228 · Mar 2020
Hindsight
Zia Mar 2020
I walked away, weak
I looked ahead, bleak
I endured pain, strong
I thought of dying, wrong
I built over, alone
I started smiling, milestone
I laugh and live, selfish
I’m not looking back, you wish
227 · Jun 2019
I choose not to
Zia Jun 2019
I wish I could write down
how you make me feel
but I’m scared I’d go back
to it every now and then
and remember...
226 · Jul 2019
Weird Love
Zia Jul 2019
one was a knife cut through  
two is a dream come true
three will be a pretty hot stew
four - now that’s far too many boo
225 · May 2019
Say it
Zia May 2019
Not that I need it
but when you say it
I believe it
better than when
you don’t say it
224 · Jul 2019
Smithereens
Zia Jul 2019
You took my trust
smashed it to dust
You fed me lies
with brazen eyes
You took my heart
then ripped it apart
You bore a hole
into my soul
Should I continue?
Or is it enough for you too?
223 · May 2019
Beyond the threshold
Zia May 2019
Trying to break out of the mould
that our society has imposed
I don’t want to grow old
with a blindfold
222 · Mar 2020
Adventurous
Zia Mar 2020
We were audacious
But never ostentatious
He was definitely flirtatious
He explained, I was curvaceous
He couldn’t help but feel salacious
I was going to say, oh Lord Jesus
But I’m not religious
Besides, his kind of dangerous
was very contagious
I couldn’t help but feel rapacious
221 · Jul 2019
My mind wanders
Zia Jul 2019
The sun shines brighter
when we are together

The stars look sharper
when my head rests
on your shoulder

The rain falls slower
when, skin to skin,
we touch each other

I smile wider
knowing there’s no other

but then I remember
how oft you falter
what’s on your mind?
I wonder
219 · Jun 2019
Rolled with the tides
Zia Jun 2019
in the sea of love we fell
we didn’t swim very well
we looked for a lifeboat
maybe it’d keep us afloat?

but we wanted much more
once we reached the shore

for eternity
we weren’t meant to be
219 · Jul 2019
Short & Sweet
Zia Jul 2019
we knew forever was not for us
we didn’t even have to discuss
we squeezed out what we could
and moved on like we were good
218 · Mar 2020
Only You
Zia Mar 2020
what more can I say
when I show you every day
there is no one but you
you better believe it boo
217 · Jun 2019
Not only mine
Zia Jun 2019
I read their words
and realise they also live
in some of the worlds
that I thought were only mine
216 · Jun 2019
Travelling light
Zia Jun 2019
the journey to my truths
started with too many lies
that’s how I know
yesterday’s pain
and today’s sorrow
will be tomorrow’s joy
210 · Mar 2020
Forever
Zia Mar 2020
You lived in my teenage dreams
Nothing has changed, it seems
Your face always dominates
Every time my mind illustrates
You’re still stuck in my head
Even when my heart lies in a new bed
209 · Aug 2019
Unavailable
Zia Aug 2019
To me you were everything
To you that meant nothing
205 · Mar 2020
Smashing Bridges
Zia Mar 2020
You tease me
with fleeting kisses
You whisper in my ears
your dearest wishes
You profess to love
all my broken pieces
You keep saying
you’ll keep your promises
So why am I in tears
just like your ex misses?
204 · Jul 2019
Ticking Bomb
Zia Jul 2019
i wish i could tell you about my inner battles
but those woeful afflictions still have me in shackles
i hope to one day let you hear the other voices
that live in my head like explosive devices
201 · May 2019
Changes
Zia May 2019
All this time
I thought
our souls reached
out to each other
But I now realise
it was our circumstances
that got us close
and as time moved on
you did too
199 · Jun 2019
for old times' sake
Zia Jun 2019
numerous times
I’ve thought of
the many times
you didn’t care
enough to
check on me
for old times’ sake
199 · Mar 2020
Unloading
Zia Mar 2020
i care what people think
i'm now standing at the brink
in one hand p'haps my last drink
my mind and heart out of sync
n'er been a great swimmer so maybe i'll sink
my eyes move to the sky, strangely pink
even if i want to, i can’t blink
until i hear the distant clink
wait, where am i? aloud i think
in my office, says the shrink
198 · May 2019
Shall we?
Zia May 2019
I can’t imagine loving another
Let alone living with another
So let’s make us last forever
197 · Feb 2020
And here I still am
Zia Feb 2020
No matter how many times
the voice in my head comes up
with reasons to leave
my heart whispers
“Stay. Don’t give up.”
196 · Jan 2020
oh dear!
Zia Jan 2020
i float in the air
and let loose my hair
every time you stare
like i'm the prettiest mare
you have in your lair
193 · Jun 2019
Confined
Zia Jun 2019
Time hasn’t been kind
to what’s on my mind
especially you who I find
hard to leave behind
186 · May 2019
Untitled
Zia May 2019
My heart didn’t break
But my belly did ache
Fear gnawed my insides
Ain’t no one to brave the tides
But me, myself and I
I could no longer deny
I know he rues the day
He left me for another lay
I saw the signs
Didn’t I tell you
I’m good at reading
between the lines?
186 · Mar 2020
Growing
Zia Mar 2020
I didn't think twice
for which I paid the price
Aiming for new heights
I now select my fights
185 · May 2019
The End
Zia May 2019
despite your presence
i feel the absence
of your mind
maybe it's a sign
i feel it in my soul
and my toes
are we reaching
the end of you and me?
184 · Apr 2019
Not Yet Gone
Zia Apr 2019
How easily you’ve moved on
As if the pain was none
Yes, I wanted to be alone
but not for too long
Maybe it came out wrong
I never thought we’d be done
As quick as a hit-and-run

How easily you’ve moved on
As if the pain was none...
184 · Feb 2020
My Truth
Zia Feb 2020
"You are beautiful", says the mirror.
My mind sneers, "Here's another liar."
181 · Feb 2020
I need to go
Zia Feb 2020
As easily as the sun sets every day
I wish I could break away
From you who are holding me prisoner
From you who promised me happy-ever-after
The gold has finally faded
and I now feel jaded  
I believed by staying I was strong
but now I know I’m so wrong
I need that first step
that’s the only way I’m going up
By leaving you behind
Banish you from my mind
Remove you from my heart
A new life I’ll start
181 · Mar 2020
Isn’t it..?
Zia Mar 2020
You only care
when I lie bare
on your bed
my legs spread
you shout, honey
I’ll make you happy
but we both know
all you want is a blow
until then you’ll pretend
that you care until the end
173 · Feb 2020
Dem Words
Zia Feb 2020
I try to escape from the rhymes
But they find me between the lines
Words jump out from conversations
My trigger to articulated aspirations
I promise them a new sentence
Some agree with reluctance
While you are building castles
I'm writing down time capsules
168 · Feb 2020
Stuck in Winter
Zia Feb 2020
gone are those summer days
when blood rushed like wine
our skin turned brown
'coz the sun never went down
but now it feels like
we're stuck in winter
didn't even know who
changed the picture
the sky turned grey
and the cold has crept in
163 · Feb 2020
You bet
Zia Feb 2020
I don’t want to live with regrets
They’ll bury me before I’m dead
But sure, I’ll take some secrets
Where I’ll be finally laid to rest
163 · Mar 2020
Do you know..?
Zia Mar 2020
If there was a better half of me
It could only be you and no one else
Don’t you know I am my best
Only when you’re next to me?
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