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421 · May 2015
I'M A LITTLE CURIOUS
Ignatius Hosiana May 2015
And I don't know whom to blame
The road on which we met
Or is it my eyes I should hate?
My heart that easily scrunched
Or my poor hopes you crushed?
Our hallo or our sad goodbye?
The truths I told or your lie?

You say It's all lame
Yet echoes of the past are always near
Haunting my present, creating fear
The good things gone triggering a tear
Clinging to pillows of memories dear
Dust of regret rising here after
The warm tears in my laughter

Was it a game?
That you had to come around and win
That you had to dump everything in the bin
Without considering where we'd been
That you had to wipe the memories clean
That you swerved after letting me lean?
421 · Sep 2015
REALITY CHECK
Ignatius Hosiana Sep 2015
Everyday starts with I abandoning a beautiful dream
Waking up and getting to face the ugly realities
Every morning all light seems bright as a beam
Till my eyes ultimately embrace the eventualities
I wasn't built hard, and I'm seldom fit to be described as tough
For I prefer my dreams to facing the facts
For realities are just too rough
And strength and courage are mere acts
I wouldn't have hope in the future if wasn't for the little flicker
Of faith that has always sparked a little glow
In a heart of a climber unfit to be a hiker
Yet being forced by nature to grow
So the thing I hate about dawn is bothering my sleep
And such hate is sadly rooted so deep
420 · Mar 2016
Lies
Ignatius Hosiana Mar 2016
create the longest
distance twixt hearts in Love
and sometimes they never bridge
from the far apart they're torn
they never fall back close,
the deep canyons of doubt can't let them
no matter how bravely they fight
however much they try they can't hold tight
lies are thieves who rob the spark
wound and leave their mark
one that may mean a forever
without return to together
420 · Jan 2017
Similar Differences
Ignatius Hosiana Jan 2017
The more we wished things were different
the more they surely stayed the same
419 · Jun 2023
The Door of No Return
Ignatius Hosiana Jun 2023
Finally, the door emerged, bound in chains they stood,
Immobile and oppressed, their spirits misunderstood.
A blinding light ahead, rendering them sightless, blind,
Their burdened minds weighed by the ashes left behind.

Pressed together, yearning for one backward glance,
Denied even a fleeting chance, their hearts in a trance,
Before stepping through the door of no return,
Leaving lives and homes, forever spurned.

In that somber moment, sorrow weighed heavy on their hearts,
Facing the musky boat, unsure if a new day would start.
Crossing the threshold, bidding farewell to their past,
Embracing the unknown, the die of doom was cast.

With a resounding thud, the door closed, severing ties and fears,
Silent weeping, lost in the sea of their silent tears.
Bound for distant shores, spirits eternally broken,
wrapped in cold melancholy, their tragic story spoken.
419 · Jan 2016
TRAMPLED
Ignatius Hosiana Jan 2016
A Flower blooming by the path lending fragrance to the earth
Getting trampled by the heel that doesn't see it's worth
419 · Jun 2016
The
Ignatius Hosiana Jun 2016
The
most challenging task I have
ever had to do was move on
from "us"...it's a conundrum
I get back to every after
completing other puzzles
that come my way...
But I doubt I'll ever
complete its
assemblage
albeit I won't
stop trying.
418 · Feb 2017
WanderinG
Ignatius Hosiana Feb 2017
Let them forget the little I did
but always remind them that it was my dream
to change the world, and I started with me
for there wasn't a fulcrum long enough
and a point on which to stand on whilst I
move the world...
Let them forget who I was but the one thing
you should never let them forget are the words I wrote
for it was only such moments when ink bled on paper and
my fingers hurt typing on a keyboard that I was truly alive
Otherwise I was just a lost Gypsy wandering through
a wrong generation...
418 · Jan 2017
Kicking The Bucket
Ignatius Hosiana Jan 2017
It's not until you kick the bucket that you realize
the noose wasn't the solution to your bruise*
When none is present to grab your kicking feet
and lift you out the bottomless pit of defeat
there are no problems heavy enough to ****
and suicide ain't no solution, just a bad deal.

even your challenges weigh you down
remember there's always a new dawn.
417 · Apr 2016
When
Ignatius Hosiana Apr 2016
a poem isn't meant to be yours,you will find it on another's script
before you even hold your pen
to write
or think
about it
just as
someone
not destined
for you
will but
just cause
you pain
417 · Nov 2015
WHERE ARE THEY?
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2015
Where did the words go
Where did all the poetic sentences go
The descriptions about how I feel
How the river of my Soul went still
How the Ocean of my heart can no longer be sailed
How my innocent emotions were jailed
Where are the sonnets that stole my sadness
Where are the songs that saved me from madness
Where are the stars that twinkled in the sky of my faith
Where's the warm breeze that characterized my breath
Where are the couplets that were perfect outlets
Where are the quatrains that filled my sensory pamphlets
Where are the dawns of the promise that someday I will heal
Where is the time I wrote to ****
Where is the love in every corner of this sphere
Where I'm I and why I'm I here
Where is the mountain of my philosophical perspiration
Where're the blissful springs of inspiration
Where is the pan gram to use all the alphabet in describing situations
Where are the rhythmical villanelles of my unanswered questions?
417 · Nov 2015
WHISPERS
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2015
Wonder not whence thy shalt depart
Let not the inevitable trouble thy heart
With silent whispers when he doth come
Let not death triumph thee in keeping calm
417 · Jun 2016
...
Ignatius Hosiana Jun 2016
...
Never had the courage
it takes to be afraid
and I've never feared
enough to be brave
417 · Feb 2016
FUCK
Ignatius Hosiana Feb 2016
my Heart that
still loves you
my mind that
thinks of you

my arms that
yearn to hold you
my lips that
miss your kisses

my feet that
have refused to move on
my eyes which
see no other person

my experience that
thinks I should pick a lesson
my phone which
ceased to vibrate

my **** that
constantly erects like sick
at dreams
that make me weak

**** everything that
makes me feel so empty
*every passing year
and tear shed cause you ain't here
415 · May 2019
Walking in a Storm
Ignatius Hosiana May 2019
Like a stranger in your home
worse than walking in a storm
If it's not your place,
you'll stay but never belong...
413 · Feb 2017
No Line
Ignatius Hosiana Feb 2017
There's no line betwixt*
Love begins right where hate ends
and
hate right when love ends
413 · Aug 2023
Perception
Ignatius Hosiana Aug 2023
Let me guess, you were lonely when she came,
So you gave away your whole heart because all its rooms were vacant,
When you heard whispered promises from the ocean of her eyes.
After all her highly explosive smiles ignited flames in your skies,
You have always been an artist, so you painted a love not as it was but as you perceived,
Even though what was on the canvas was a big contrast to what you received.
You had failed at love before but really believed she was your craved shot at success,
And sculpted beautiful moments, carving memories with chisels of your affection.
Gifts like petals, delicate and rare, but they couldn't mend the fractures in the air.
You wrote poems, she was always the theme even without mentioning her name,
A serenade under moonlight's gentle touch, yet her heart remained distant, out of your clutch.
You wove a basket of stars in her name, each twig a promise, yet she remained the same.
You sought her heart like a sailor aground, yet love's current swept you further from the shore.
For sometimes things just fall apart, and the artist's touch can't change a heart.
410 · Nov 2016
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
410 · Apr 2016
You've
Ignatius Hosiana Apr 2016
made me realise being alone isn't loneliness
but the absence of one who matters,
one who has a place in the Heart,
for even in crowds of friends
I
still
feel
the
biting
cold
of
your
absence
410 · Mar 2016
Someone
Ignatius Hosiana Mar 2016
must
live
to
tell
the
story
for
the
story
to
live
to
tell
410 · Jun 2016
Torched
Ignatius Hosiana Jun 2016
It took me so long because
I never had the right words
to say... I still don't
but you have
to know
for I am
tired of
carrying
this torch
for you
409 · Nov 2015
TAKING CHANCES
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2015
Too afraid to love, too afraid of hurt
*Too afraid of my world breaking apart
Too afraid of loneliness yet Love's cruel
Because  it's a war that ends in a duel
Too afraid to trust ,broken till the crust
Cannot see a variance twixt Love and lust
Too confused to tell which road to follow
Too burdened by  memories to not feel this hollow
Too scared but I doubt there's a safe way out
None can hear me albeit I let my silence shout
Guess whoever fills the void and heals the scars
Will share a night of counting the stars
Whoever will drag me out the dark
I should trust will have a honest spark
Whoever that will be should be able to fill this emptiness
Gaping wide and abysmal with special uniqueness
409 · Jul 2016
Deficient
Ignatius Hosiana Jul 2016
Wanted to report your
picture... only to realise
there was no provision for
it's so amazing.
So you've made me realise
that our world
auto rotates along
negativity and
lacks optimism.
You've made
me learn one
thing among the
millions the world
needs to do to find
an admirable change,
Recognise that the good
too can happen and appreciate it.
408 · Jul 2016
Loathe
Ignatius Hosiana Jul 2016
That I'm trapped in the cage of my age*
Yet there's no wage for my rage
408 · Jun 2019
You're Not Alone
Ignatius Hosiana Jun 2019
I pray someday the Sun shines so beautiful that you'll be grateful for enduring the storm, that you find a place to call home and appreciate the years you've wandered, I pray the long road doesn't feel that long anymore after all you've walked the distance and gone an extra mile. The fractured places that make you weak, I pray they heal to make you stronger. Since this journey has been tiring and long, I pray you finally belong. I pray in the dark times your sky clears so that you can enjoy a constellation of hope and lunar of faith. I hope when you lose your way a North Star will appear to point you to your true north, I hope your true north leads you on. I hope you can find healing in those invisible places that hurt the most, and for the things you wish you had done differently, I pray you forgive yourself and understand that everything is part of the puzzle of your existence. I pray you find a smile when your tears dry, and the courage to talk about those things that are crushing your soul, I hope you recess in the midst of your depression. I pray the nightmares are phased out by beautiful dreams that give you courage to go after what you crave even if respecting your desire has maimed your heart, I pray your heart functions much as it's shattered so that you can truly live again, there's a conflict within you, I pray someday you find peace and for those things you couldn't change, I pray you learn to accept that they had to happen and in the depth of despair,I hope these words find you so that you know you're not alone.
407 · May 2016
The
Ignatius Hosiana May 2016
The
best poems
I've ever written
are my
conversations
with
you...
You bring
out
the best
in me
406 · Nov 2016
Pictures
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
Couldn't save it all
we shared so much together
in our momentous forever.
406 · Jun 2016
Some
Ignatius Hosiana Jun 2016
Do what they Love
Others
Love what they do
405 · Apr 2016
The Breathless Wait
Ignatius Hosiana Apr 2016
If I had to hold my breath
while I wait for you,
love,
you
&
I
would
meet
in
the
afterlife.
404 · Nov 2016
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.
404 · Oct 2016
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.
404 · Aug 2016
The Foolish
Ignatius Hosiana Aug 2016
Too many wise men,
the foolish don't know whom
to believe.
403 · Apr 2016
Some
Ignatius Hosiana Apr 2016
of us ain't looking for the best
rather than greener pastures we settled for artificial  tuff
we left the fight for the best to the rest
for we have realised sometimes enough is enough
403 · Mar 2016
Your
402 · Jan 2017
Love
Ignatius Hosiana Jan 2017
Is perishable
*Enjoy the moment fore it goes sour
402 · Feb 2017
My Hope
Ignatius Hosiana Feb 2017
Am in love with the sun, in love with the moon
when April rains come, hope I'll see her again soon
in love from Jan, I walk her through June
and whenever I can, I play her this tune
so that she can know I love her more than starlight
because in dark times, she's my hope for day light
401 · Dec 2016
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
401 · Dec 2016
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...
401 · Jan 2019
For the World to Shatter
Ignatius Hosiana Jan 2019
I will rise with the sun of hope when all is said and done
I will flow with the river of faith wherever I can
I will spin the wheel of desire, and once again burn
I will follow the road of passion, I'll take every turn
I will bear the storms of affection however perilous
listening to the silence of loneliness and shout of jealous
I will let my soul wander for that's how I'll be pious
when my mind finally let's go, when it tires...
I will follow my heart to the end of the road, my feet are willing
until there's no more smithereens for the world to shatter
then fly on the wings of time in search of healing
and maybe I'll find it or not, maybe it doesn't matter...
Maybe that's the purpose of life, to rise and fall
to walk across fields in joy, step on a thorn and howl
to calm after a storm, to find in a stranger a home
no matter the risks and danger, then return to stranger
to give your all and lose everything including your soul
to spin the wheel, to fly and perch... to believe and doubt...
with beautiful dreams to inspire and nightmare to scare
but I will rise with the sun of hope for I'd rather choke than breathe despair...
399 · Jun 2019
Love
Ignatius Hosiana Jun 2019
Sometimes it's gentle
and at times a hurricane
sometimes it dismantles
or a breeze in the plain...
You just feel it
and can hardly explain...
Like Wind
398 · Jun 2016
Out of A Million
Ignatius Hosiana Jun 2016
You have been my longest
and sweetest of all dreams...
*what's sad is someday
I'll have to wake up.
398 · Apr 2015
THE PUZZLES OF LOVE
Ignatius Hosiana Apr 2015
If love is a war
Why do we still die to adore?
If love is louder
Why does hate blow it away like powder?
If love is a thick smoke
Why the surprise when we choke?
If love is a cloud
Why are we seldom on the ninth,proud?
If love is blind
How come we see the hurt left behind?
If love is wisdom
Why are our hearts a stupid kingdom?
If love is a disease
Shouldn't we know where It's cure is?
If love is a wind
Are the hearts tins where It's confined?
If love is a song
To which genre does it belong?
If love is a foolish joke
Why do even the wisest talk that talk?
If love is a crime
Why have perpetrators been freed over time?
If love is a soothing rain
What explains the disappointment and pain?
If love is a treasure
How come its value we can't measure?
If love is a bell
Is it something more than a knell?
If love is desire
Does this explain why it burns like fire?
If love is wealth
What use is wealth without health?
If love is power
How come it feds as easily as a flower?
If love is breath
What explains its coppery test of death?
397 · Apr 2015
SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME
Ignatius Hosiana Apr 2015
Marriage's the biggest cause of divorce
Law the main cause of crime
Peace a reason behind force
For the free flow, we appreciate rhyme
Love the real reason behind hate
And free will the mother of fate
Life brings about death
Life's breath, death's absence of breath
Money's the reason some never eat
Because no matter what, none gets enough of it
Beauty is light that outshines Ugly
Without which Ugly couldn't be seen badly
Rain is the reason behind the desert
Absence of It is ***** of nature,sweet hurt
Blindness is a result of vision
We'd otherwise see reason
We agree to disagree
Someone once told me
397 · Jan 2017
Happiness
Ignatius Hosiana Jan 2017
Is when you find the love
you'd love to find
396 · Nov 2016
Love
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
Was stupid until I met you
It was even more stupid after I lost you
395 · Jul 2016
Inadequate
Ignatius Hosiana Jul 2016
I'm afraid someday
I'll get tired of trying
you make it so hard
to love you
& albeit I try my best,
each day
that wanes by
my best gets more
and more inadequate

& brings me closer to
that moment I loathe
the moment when I
crawl back to the shell,
that absurd moment
when I give up...*
I love you... but I'm
starting to doubt it means
anything to you anymore
& that doubt hurts me to
the core... I love you but
I hate being unsure...

I Love You
395 · Sep 2015
FEARS
Ignatius Hosiana Sep 2015
I am afraid of being happy because after its over comes sadness
And I enjoy being sad because I know if I trip I fall in happiness
395 · Jul 2016
Sometimes
Ignatius Hosiana Jul 2016
Just friends isn't enough
& yet more than that is too much
394 · Jun 2016
My Shell
Ignatius Hosiana Jun 2016
Snails are slow but they
always reach their destination...
Be patient... someday I'll
not only be in your heart
but also in your arms.
I'm a ****** snail,
you're my shell
& even if I have
to trek through hell
someday I'll find my
way to you... someday
I'll be the cold warmth in
your arms... believe me dear
much as I ain't any near,
much as you're there
and I'm here,someday
I'll find my way
home...just
be patient.
Ignatius Hosiana Mar 2015
Besides the harmony and bliss

The neighborhood of two

Who were strange too

Also enjoyed an innocent kind of peace

The farmer was weird

While the other a wizard

Insane though he was

He always had his hand on his hoes

And went to bed each night so early

And so rose to attend to his Barley

Together with the fish in his glass tank

He'd hiked the village ranks

As one of the cool headed drunks

I'm meaning the farmer Mr.Frank

In his eyes sweat filled

As he tilled his large tedious garden field

But how Wizard managed was tragic

To him (none knew it was dark Magic)

'Cause his gardens were bald clean

With vines and vegetables sweet green

"I admire your gardens "

Said Frank one day to Mr.Edens

Who in guilt clenched at his palms firmer

As he watched the ignorant farmer

Pour into a snow-white bowl fresh milk

Wearing crystal white gloves of silk

Edens would easily harbor a grudge

With people who are quick to judge

They'd never walked his lonesome dark path

Neither'd they seen behind his door latch

Off to his duty dressed like a knight

His door he softly closed

As he stared toward Frank's in that dark night

Contemplating what by the day he supposed

"Someday you'll know it ain't by chance”

Snorted Edens, "For the Green by day is by

night a shattering dance "
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