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Dec 2016 · 360
Heal
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
Sailing through the sky
sorting through the stars
for a familiar sigh
that could heal the scars
Dec 2016 · 269
Am Burning
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
She taught me what it meant to love
but never
how to fall out of love...
She showed me heaven
and never ever said
there was hell.
Dec 2016 · 1.4k
Storms come, Storms go
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
yes, I've seen heavy blankets of clouds cast above
thick clouds of despair, thicker than I deserve
Yes, I've been through such perilous storms
handed roses with less petals than thorns
Yes, I've walked journeys that never end
written a million letters and never send
yes, I've sunk in abysmal doldrums before
been through **** more impure than iron ore
but I never let that past be my definition
I let go of the anchors and put up the sail
a happy future as my motivation and destination
and no matter how many times I'll fail
I'll never stop trying to get there...
storms come, storms go
Dec 2016 · 339
Always
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
There's always going to be a mountain and am always going to want to move it there's always going to be another ocean and am always going to dare to surf the waves there's always going to be storms with peals of thunder and I'll still crave to dance in the rain there's always going to be a very long road that am always going to try walking until the infinite end there's always going to be another question whose answer am going to trouble my mind attempting to find there's always going to be a high ground and am always going to attempt to make the lip unsure of the landing there's always going to be a sky and am always going to attempt to soar deep in the high there's always going to be another big tree that am always going to try to climb to the top I can't help it, am always going to try to try to move the world, as long as am given a lever and a ground on which to stand there's always going to be another race on this track of life and am always going to try and run it...
Dec 2016 · 348
....MayBe
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
Maybe we don't have the things we desire and appreciate
because we don't desire and appreciate the things we have...
Dec 2016 · 390
Blooming Petal
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
You are a song I can't tire of hearing
a pain that's worth bearing
you are the road that I pray may never reach the end
you are a leaf I'll never let touch the ground
a peg to which am tightly bound
and without which I get lost, and in whose presence am found
you are sunshine, you are the big blue sky
you are the one person who makes my heart sing and my soul sigh
the hello that makes me hate goodbye
you are the eyes in which I see the man I crave to be
I owe my faith and persistence to thee
for in the race of life, you're my motivation
and that's why no matter the sharpness of every other bend
on this long road, I tell myself that forever's our destination
I'll keep going for the big dreams and every medal
so as to see you smile as beautiful as a blooming petal
I count myself lucky to have you in my life
or let me just say there would be no true life without you
Dec 2016 · 412
Eclipse of The Hurt
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
The Moon came between the sun and Earth
Karma came between our emotions and us
Dec 2016 · 462
...
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
...
Sometimes you need to be that person even you
doubted you'd ever be to reach those dreams that
were so far from reality and score such goals you
thought you never could... Sometimes you need
to tighten your fist of faith and beat the odds
for if you hit hard, even fate can hit the canvas...
Dec 2016 · 310
Rain
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
Love the sky
when she does cry
out in pain
she calls it rain...
Dec 2016 · 290
Purpose
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
I think the best thing in the world is
having friends who believe in you
even more than you believe in yourself
Those who push you across a shaky bridge
assuring you that it won't break even when they
themselves doubt the strength of its vibrating foundation
Friends who cheer you up the ladder
even when they lack the strength to support
your weight on the unsteady ladder
Friends who waive and smile when you are
flying even when they can't hold you when
your wings melt if you go too close to the sun.
if your wings melt... But it's even greater
having friends who stay with you even after
you hit the ground for they know the ball
always bounces higher when after impact
and they know that much as bones break
they also become stronger at the fracture point
when it finally heals... Friends who bring you
crutches when your feet can't carry you and
believe you will walk again even when
you can't make a single step
That's why I count myself lucky
because I owe every step I make in this race of life
to everyone who's ever cheered me...success to me
is having people to share it with, it isn't winning the medal.
Always be grateful to the people who stand by you
because not only are they hard to come by but they'll
someday stand for you when your feet are numb, they'll
narrate to you the moments when your memory's gone
they'll lower the rope of hope to pull you out of doldrums
they'll crack jokes when karma doesn't want you to smile
they'll cheer you past the finishing line, walk you an extra mile
they'll always remind you of your purpose in life midst strife.
and if you have such friends, count yourself lucky.
Dec 2016 · 381
Focus
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
Do not sweat yourself trying to disprove
the people who looked down upon you
but rather work hard and prove those
who believed in you right. Focus on the
positive to drive you, negative energy
always has a downside to it. Live for love
for hate is too much a burden to bear
and when the music is on, dance to it
even if the rest of the world will call you crazy
because they can't hear the song for
some things were created for you alone
and not for the world...
Dec 2016 · 254
Simple
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
Love to Learn, Learn to Love...
Dec 2016 · 307
Reality
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
We’d sing a song, we’d walk along
we’d ring a bell, so loud a gong
I’d be a king, with you my Kong
but this reality’s harsh and wrong
Dec 2016 · 2.3k
You
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
You
I even don't know why
but what matters is I chose you.
Dec 2016 · 358
Inbetween
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
It's not about the way you live
neither is it about how you die.*
In this Life what counts is the
in between, the people you met
those you love and those you hate
the moments shared, the pictures taken
years of pain, tears in the rain
to those happy as a child with a toy
drowning in the deepest of joy.
It's about the adventures
and the adventure's always in the journey,
whether alone or with a friend
it isn't about your travels' end...

Always make the best of whatever lies
between hello and goodbye
for in the end that's all that would
have mattered for the beauty of all
reality and the ugly is in the betwixt.
Dec 2016 · 391
Brewery
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
the sun a deem ray
soon an extinguished light
dark pours, wonder lurks
Just made my version from Taia Iversons
Dec 2016 · 325
Everyone
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
Is fed up of you dominating my stories and rhymes
what they don't know is they've heard nothing yet
and I feel foolish at times
but you are a theme I can't forget
Dec 2016 · 4.1k
You
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
You
are
      beautiful,
but I guess
you've
            heard
        that
before
*I just hope you've also heard that
               I think you're the one I've been looking for.
Dec 2016 · 203
My Everything
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
I still think you would have made me a better place
you would have planted a smile not only on my face
but also in the rocky gardens of my  doubtful soul
give the chance, you could have been my all
Dec 2016 · 304
Page That will Never Flip
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
Ever heard the chorus dawn does bring
when birds of the wild start to sing
and even the trees sway and try to sing along
yet nothing ever matches the beauty of their song?
That’s just how the voices in my head intone
When missing you starts to sting
And I stare at my phone waiting for the ringtone
But you’ve never called, maybe to you it was merely a fling
That’s how my heart does race when I reminisce
The handshake which led to the unforgettable kiss
And my soul wishes it also had a few beats to skip
Since you were never mine to keep
Ever seen the beautiful blue touch stolen from the skies
when the fickle waves of Ocean launch their fountain rise
while the audacious endeavour to ride high on her pinnacle
the path to their success being the perilous obstacle?
That’s what I saw when I gazed in the whites of your eyes
the ambience of an abstract paradise lay in them like a miracle
so am still trying to assure myself that there was some truth in your lies
still doing my utmost to reach you through every tentacle…
It’s what I envision when I try to force myself to sleep
that you are a page in the book of my love life that will never flip
from the moment I set eyes on you, lost my grip
and fell hard for you; I wasn’t supposed to but I fell in too deep
struggling to find myself in the ashen mire… you burnt me more than fire
yet haven’t even quenched my desire.
Dec 2016 · 991
No
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
No
I didn't stop loving you, I just started loving me...
Dec 2016 · 244
Spring
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
When she was with Summer she missed the allurement of snow
and yet when winter came along, she missed Sunshine, you know...
and since she couldn't choose either of the two, she married spring
for even the verdancy in the eyes of spring did happiness bring.
Nov 2016 · 562
Second Chance
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
I keep using the same road
trying to find another chance*
I keep retracing my footsteps
because my heart still needs you
Nov 2016 · 211
Nobody Cared
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
When yesterday and tomorrow met, they talked about today
When Today and tomorrow met, they gossiped about yesterday
but when Yesterday and today met, they didn't think about tomorrow...
Nov 2016 · 227
Trust me
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
I'd gladly give away my
forever to be your now...
Nov 2016 · 342
No More
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
There was a time when you were the reason of my buoyancy through every season
when you blessed me with your company that a day minus you felt like a congested prison
a time when missing you caused confusion, when every goodbye was as achy as an incision
when I asked no question and together forever was my mission
There was a time when you often said that for me you could die
there was a time you insisted that for my sake you'd always try
a time you swore that if we were birds and I lost my wings you'd lend me yours to fly
there was a time when you promised you'd never be the reason why I cry
and if you ever saw my eyes soaked, you'd do your best to get them dry
there was a time when the words you spoke seemed to be truth and no lie
So I believed in you, swear I believed in you,
I believed in you until there was no more you
Nov 2016 · 796
Impossible's Philosophy
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
At scratch, discern you’ll either win the duel or face defeat
Before you go the distance warrant you’re set to dust your feet
for when a cycle is heavily ridden it unquestionably must squeak
Afore you relish a plum you most probably will ascend her tree
so be sure you can swim before you plunge into the sea
as if you can’t you may lamentably pay very high a fee.
Even before you contemplate a “happily ever after’, a fairytale, a forever
tune your grip to clench the hot rod ‘for better for worse’
scorching of blessings in the moment and every awaiting curse
and also fine-tune your lips to never say never
Before you stir the limpid prepare to deal with every ripple
for you won’t march over mines unless you want to *******
before you poke the bear, beware of the wrath of forked flame
because when you blister, you’ll have you to gulp pain and blame
before you leave, truth and no lie you ought to explain why
and also be willing to say goodbye
for at times there’s no backtracking, before a tantalizing hegira you must be sure
don’t walk off to Medina when the Kaaba you seek is back in Mecca
and turn out to be the reason you’re judged a faker
since prior sailing they say, one must be ready to lose sight of the shore
before you route for emerald pastures, learn how to mow
don’t say “No” when you feel different, or yes for ‘No’
and ultimately, you must be ready to face the universe afore you speak.
Nov 2016 · 263
Left Behind
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
Held on for so long life left me behind
but that's where my future is, the past
to my first am bound, she's my last
i only have eyes for her, to the rest am blind
Nov 2016 · 350
Oceans of Tears
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
I have to tell you how it really felt
there were times I wished I had just knelt
and asked for forgiveness for everything I didn't do
instead of asking the many questions
and seeking comfort in philosophic quotations
because till date it still isn't love if it isn't you…
swear the day you left was the day I died,
the only thing that got me going was my pride
which was sky high like an eagle on a cloud ride,
I know I once said that I moved on but I lied
I was saving you, (the billion times that I tried
but failed to let you see the real truth about my pain)
from guilt, couldn’t get myself to show you the oceans of tears I cried.
I even couldn't get myself to hate you as much as I wished I could
an earthquake that brought a storm, and left me to deal with the stormy rain
for when you broke my heart the rest of my life was *******…
Going past us may cost me ever and a day as I still dream about the kisses
and scour the floor of reality, searching and picking up the pieces.
Nov 2016 · 722
Sometimes
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
we care too much about the things outside the frame and
forget that those who truly matter are always in the picture...
Nov 2016 · 375
Pictures
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
Couldn't save it all
we shared so much together
in our momentous forever.
Nov 2016 · 226
Know This
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
I might get over you with time
but none will ever have me write this so much rhyme.
*I might one day fall for another
but not like I did for you to trust you like my mother.
Nov 2016 · 373
Mirror
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
It may display how breath taking you look
it may divulge every scar there is to hide
it may show you the color of your eyes
for there's nothing it shows that's lies
but your mirror will never tell you
what I think about your elegance
nor decipher the speech in my glance
it will never reveal your emotions
and neither will it vivisect the notions
mirror's admissions may cause ecstasy
but there's still so much more left to see
Mirrors don't lie, that they never do
they also never tell what's inside
hidden in the unflicked pages of the book.
Nov 2016 · 408
True
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
Some friendships never die...
Some pictures never lie...
Nov 2016 · 333
Bane From His Blessing
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
Losing her was hell, the fire never died out,
ages later he still battled with the flames
for she'd dug deeper than a first cut should
and deracinating her evidently left a bruise
whose healing became an immense doubt.
By one whom he supposed was a blessing he was cursed
losing her redefined him for the worst
The flames endlessly conflagrated until he got addicted
to the volcanic infernos of his unmet desire...
and with eyes that had run out of tears
as all were shed through the instantaneous years,
he endured insomniac nights, battling his demons and monsters
with melancholic songs as a source of sermons and bolsters
but when he could fight no more the darkness his mind did think
he spewed it on paper in ink, if he couldn't find a hard drink
for like his liver, his Heart had no more room for all else but pain
and as a result, he neither forgave the past nor loved again…
Nov 2016 · 469
Such Nights
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
There were no lonelier nights than those
he had so much to transcribe but wouldn't find
the right sentences to lend prominence to
his indistinct meditation.
There were no colder moments
than when he found it close
to impossible to clutch the brush
of his mind, and paint his
everlasting torments.
Such nights were
lonely and
cold.
Nov 2016 · 298
Thought
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
I was born to love you until you made me learn the hard way
that you were born to inflict these wounds which may never heal.
*The annoying thing is I love you still even after it's clear
that you were just a stop over and not my destination.
Nov 2016 · 377
So Long
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
Please just let me know
if you feel anything for me,
I've been alone for so long that
I could use even a stone for company.
Nov 2016 · 340
Love
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
Was stupid until I met you
It was even more stupid after I lost you
Nov 2016 · 262
Invisible
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
The invisible scars are the hardest to heal...
when you can't tell where the hurt is born,
but only hear its muffles echo within
like voices in a big empty hall and what makes it worse is,
the echoes of pain can never be shut out
because the ears of the soul are always open
as the soul thinks he can always take pain
due to the bad influence from the heart.
Nov 2016 · 850
Reflections
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
When I dream about you I wish I'd sleep forever because the
dreams are a beautiful reflection of what we could have been.
Nov 2016 · 437
Success
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
Happens when big money
without brains
trust
Big brains
without money
Nov 2016 · 382
Homeless
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
You are too far away to embrace
am all out caught in the cold of loneliness
and your arms are my only home
Nov 2016 · 453
Jailor
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
I think no matter how distant we grow
no matter how far apart we go
no matter the success I achieve
or the length of life I live
no matter the many I meet
deeply fall in love with and admit
You will always be here, in my heart
no matter the amount of hurt.
No matter the many lonesome boulevards I walk
and the words I hear and those I talk
even when time comes to steal these memories away,
or heal the wounds and scars
I pray
she discerns the wounds and scars are stars
pointing me due north because
without the memories of our together am a lost cause
which is the absolute truth, you were my radar
and I can't move on for you were my bridge
that despite the number of bottles I empty
I just can't touch the sky; no quantity of liquor can get me high.
How can I without you? you were my stairs and ladder
without which my very reality is under siege…
You are my jailer, and only you have the keys to set me free.
Oct 2016 · 366
Like Paradise
Ignatius Hosiana Oct 2016
we treasured the moment so much we didn't see another day
for when it felt like paradise, we forgot to pray...
we said every word there was to say
and what's more?
We held so tight until we squeezed each other away.
Oct 2016 · 472
Pieces
Ignatius Hosiana Oct 2016
I still feel my heart shutter
but i guess it doesn't matter
*it was just a lesson to teach me never
to believe those who promise forever.
Oct 2016 · 568
Time
Ignatius Hosiana Oct 2016
Is what it'll take
but I'll learn to live without you
and if I fail to do
I'll try and fake...
Oct 2016 · 475
I do
Ignatius Hosiana Oct 2016
I wish I could even be just
your last option instead of
a choice that
never made it
to your scale
of preference...
Oct 2016 · 466
When
Ignatius Hosiana Oct 2016
When will the war end
so that I can entomb these bones that were once a friend?
When will the final bullet fire
So that back to the serene that once was I can retire?
When will we say bye to anarchy for good
so that some of us instead of bombs on the scotched earth plant some food?
When will our people cease to cry
Rather than live in muffled sobs when their folk incongruously die?
When will these roundtable talks yield,
we have traumatised lives to piece together and crumbled homes to rebuild?
When will we finally understand that Muslim or Christian we are all humanity
and rather than fight, peace to weave a cosmic unity?
when will we finally illuminate the inhuman darkness
with love and oneness?
When will we change the violent trend,
when will the war end?
Oct 2016 · 503
Lonely Poet
Ignatius Hosiana Oct 2016
If Life was black and white
I'd be dating you, right
for we are both lonely
I can tell from the melancholy
in the pieces you write.
We're both broken
and we have enough
words to fix each other
If only love was red and pink
the flooding passion you have
*would not only end in ink.
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