Crashing oceans, hypnotic slow motion.
Tides rolling onto shore.
She dances under the super moon,
Wild and timeless.
Connected to the universe,
She breathes in the stars, as the wind plays with her hair,
And my how she out shines the sky.

Read me
like you're under the sheets
holding a quivering flashlight
reading a book Mommy told you
not to but that you told yourself that
you could.

Read me
like the paper thin news
that you strain to hear every
morning but then **** back in
disgust at when you realize its
its contents.

Read me
like the person you wish
you knew how to read and
that you want to more than just
about anything but know that really
you shouldn't.

Read me
like the dictionary on your
paint-peeling kitchen bookshelf
that is boring yet holds truths about
life that you wish with all your might
weren't true.

Read me
like you have tried so
constantly to read your
fading falling self that I say
I care so much about but you
won't listen.

Read me
like the anxious mess
that I am when I even hear
about the past I can't change
and the future I want so badly
to make better.

Standing on my balcony
I am gazing at the skies
The stars wink at me
But the bright moon fills my eyes

A mellifluous zephyr
Glides over my face
It brings a distant voice
That whispers you’re in a near by place

I wonder how the murky clouds
Try to shut off the cosmic lights
I want the southern winds to blow
And bring you back to sight

Cuz darling, tonight is the night
You fill my space before it’s late
The moon is the closest tonight
Since nineteen forty eight

-Pranav Hegde

Love is like a tree
The longer you let it grow
The more beautiful it becomes
On the outside
And the stronger it becomes
On the inside

I slept with Depression

It started off w a break up
I was feeling lonely
You told me that you were
the only one who wanted to know me

I took you to my house but I didn't show my parents
Because they wouldn't like you and wouldn't understand

I took you to my room so that we could be alone
You started ******* and
showed me everything I could unfold

Started kissing on your lips of sadness

Rubbing on your body of confusion

Moved my hand down to your universe

I licked your stars and
Felt your gravitational pull

I tasted your black hole until
you finally came upon me and I fell into oblivion

When you finished I was under your control

I was stuck, Trapped
I was never good enough
My friends would ask
But talking about you was so tough

You made me look at life and question
Sent me in the wrong direction
You watched me self loathing
but always gave me your affection

You said you would be there for me and
told me what drugs to keep you near
You took advantage of my sorrows and
capitalized on my fear

I couldn't figure out how to please you
I always wanted to get out

I started to try to receive you
But you always showed some doubt

And as the skies turned dark
And then nights turned cold

I would sit with you in awe
Because u would never let me go.

I had a dream about you last night.
You held me tightly and lifted me up,
while I wrapped my legs around you.
You kissed me and said,
"Silly, I'll be with you forever."
My entire body was trembling
when I woke up. It hasn't stopped since.