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

A hint of spices
In his meat slices
His hackles rise
He's ready to scythe
The imbecile
Who ruined his appetite

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

yesterday you were here
today i am not there
tomorrow we'll be nowhere
coz we won't be here or there

What does your daddy do?
He got rid of his working shoes
When he does not snooze
He listens to old tunes
While his tea brews
He reads the news
He likes to cruise and take in the views
My daddy is cool.

What about your mommy?
She's busy, busy making money
Take a break honey, says daddy.
I'm still young, she gets cocky.
Give her a ***, she'll make a curry
Ask her for a penny, she'll buy you a pony
Witty, sassy, finicky, pretty and many
More to add to her personality.
Let me end her story
Before you say I love her more than daddy.

"You are beautiful", says the mirror.
My mind sneers, "Here's another liar."

You want me
to be the me
when we first met
Don’t you know
that she is now dead?
I buried her
as soon as
you killed her

what’s the point of us
when we have all but trust?
we couldn’t convert lust
what we thought was a must
and now all that remains is dust

whilst many are
waxing lyrical
about the moon
and the stars
i'm hugging trees
i'm rolling on leaves
if you want to know
how much i love you
look at a tree
how it still gives
even when being
cut down

I read their words
and realise they also live
in some of the worlds
that I thought were only mine

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...

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

i prayed for sunshine
but all i got were storms
were i patient enough
i’d have seen the rainbow

you came
you saw
and you left

i cried
i stayed
and i conquered

I love you too much
and that’s certainly a crime
because you don’t love me as much
and that’s my punishment.

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

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

In vain
I wait
for the clouds
To shed its rain
A bent brain
My heart in twain
Vervain
In my vein
I let disdain
Eat the pain

Not that I need it
but when you say it
I believe it
better than when
you don’t say it

Ignore his ****
See how quick
he finds another chick
for a better lick
******* *****
thinks he’s slick

Call me a *****
‘coz I’m about to switch
Better, call me a witch
‘coz I’m about to bewitch
Fin, Harry or Mitch
No matter which
I have this itch
I gotta ditch

happy is i
i cannot lie
read my eyes
you’ll realise

I can’t imagine loving another
Let alone living with another
So let’s make us last forever

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

Of a brewing silence
and buried emotions
we’ve built a house
walled with doubts
our interior decor
layered with rancour
Scattered ornaments
cloak our armaments
Oft engaged in aphonic wars
We rack up our scores in
crystal-clear jars

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?

hand in hand
our feet sinking in sand
whilst on the beach we stand
the cool breeze lulling us into dreamland

but it’s not a dream
we are not on live stream
i see in your eyes the same gleam
as a silver sea kissed by the moonbeam

one day
I’ll wake up
not caring
whether or
not you care

We used to eat from the same plate
because besides being best mates
we were soul mates
There were some that did speculate
On us being so intimate
We would laugh at their spate
After all, how could love turn into hate?
An answer I'm yet to postulate
Because that's one question I'm still trying to assimilate

You've always been different from the rest
And that's why, to me, you'll always be the best

not a lot to say
nowadays
but my mind doesn't
mind replays

my heart doesn't beat
as fast
as it used to
in the past

i see my eyes
in yours
we hide behind
closed doors

so much left to
say
and yet we'd rather lock
it all away

even though you’re no
longer in my heart
you are still on my mind

Let my hands
tell you the story
of my mind

Oh resilient heart o’mine
You know you’ll be fine
We’ve loved with every ounce
He was nothing but a louse
Let the pain run through our veins
because I know we’ll love again

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

You choosing not to stay
made me find my way

My love was free
Unlike yours, on a spree
To collect any she
Willing to trust thee

Our love, I foolishly hoped, would be pretty simple
For down my spine you’d always send a tender tickle
But you and not I turned out to be blithely fickle
The day you said goodbye, I got to see pure evil
In eyes that were once alluring if not readily sinful
I silently cried because my heart then you did *******
The forever you promised somehow became a mere wrinkle
In the future that I now have to explain in past participle

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?

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

our paradise
was built on
white lies
and compromise
yes, we lived through
grey skies
but we didn't realise
in our eyes
the truth lies

The bitter truths I’ve survived
The sweet lies I’ve lived
I still carry on
Like the hands
Of a clock
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