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284 · Aug 2016
H ...A ...T ...E
Ignatius Hosiana Aug 2016
No, I don't hate this life...
I just wish I did not have to
live it...
283 · Aug 2016
Simple
Ignatius Hosiana Aug 2016
Choose what you love*
Love what you choose
283 · Apr 2015
A RETURN TO MY SHELL
Ignatius Hosiana Apr 2015
You showed me much affection
I gave you the key to my secret section
Unlocked, you exposed every weakness inside
Quenched all the thirst for love in my heart
Soothing each and every bit of past hurt
You read every page of my story, had nothing
to hide
All I dreamed was a moment called forever
That's why I promised I'd never say never
In the end you took the normal turn
Set me on fire and watched me burn
It's useless listening to your "Sorry”
Too long and often I've heard that story
I miss the freedom of my solitary cell
Like a snail, alone protected by my shell
I've given up ever finding all I've desired
From active emotional duty I finally retired
Notes (optional)
281 · Mar 2016
I
Ignatius Hosiana Mar 2016
I
Love
"no one"
so much,
imagine
this
is
the
sixth
year
she
and
I
are
dating

281 · Aug 2016
Always
Ignatius Hosiana Aug 2016
Thought some things ain't
meant for people like me*
Turns out I was right
281 · Feb 2016
POETRY
Ignatius Hosiana Feb 2016
Powerfully
Offered
Existence to
Traverse the
Reality
Yolk
280 · Jan 2017
SMILE
Ignatius Hosiana Jan 2017
Ultimately in the waking
you had to leave the rage
to sleep inside and knit
a beautiful cloth, put it
on your face and call it
a smile that you flashed
all day so that none
would ask you what
the matter was after all
it was easier to fake joy
than to explain the million
yet difficult to fathom
reasons behind your
sadness...
280 · Aug 2016
Trapped
Ignatius Hosiana Aug 2016
Twixt the future & where I've been*
taken captive by my own skin
279 · Jan 2017
Life
Ignatius Hosiana Jan 2017
Is bitter honey,
*a joke that's not funny
277 · Feb 2016
DIFFERENCES
Ignatius Hosiana Feb 2016
I wish I was the same as most I've come across
It's demanding being different, it's a cross
I wish I could just easily lie in their face
that I love them yet in my Heart they have no place
I wish I could turn off my humanity
for I hear our species is free until it's needed by humanity
I wish I could lightly promise to walk the extra mile
I wish I could be both angry and still hold a smile
I wish I could quickly forget how much I care
how often they promised they'll always be there
I wish I could just ignore their betrayal
and do the same rather than hurt being loyal
I wish I could find a sword of treachery to stub their back
to laugh with them and abandon them in the dark
I wish I could treat them the same
without a single grain of guilt and shame
I wish I was like them but sadly I'm different
I struggle to find the spot and seal every dent
before it's become the rift that tears us apart
and no matter how wrongly they
treat me I happily hold them at Heart
I believe their lies ignoring caution from their eyes
I see the best in people in the face of the worst
Faith and great hope midst their raised dust
and love them unconditionally like it's a must
I still ignore their glares of smoking disgust
I wish I was different but I'll always be my person
I wish I could dissolve in their fatal fashion.
276 · Oct 2016
Try
Ignatius Hosiana Oct 2016
Try
Each time I log in, I straight away leap into my inbox
Like a hungry wounded fox
which I scan a million times just to be sure
Particularly when your name isn’t among the unread
Then I attempt refreshing the page imagining there’s
a message awaiting to pop up…
I don’t do this because I am impatient, which I occasionally am
But because I think you love me by almost an equal measure
and think you understand how painful missing you really feels…
Try it sometimes, try missing you and see the hell it puts me through
Try missing those eyes that glow brighter than sapphire
Eyes that are an insult to the sparkle of the stars,
yet unto the glow of the full moon an infuriating satire
Try missing those soft palms that used to hold to mine
and bloom in me ornaments of valour and comfort
Try a day without your stunning lips that I’d only cease to kiss
when my lungs in envy compelled me to gasp for breath
since you are a jewel that my shackled heart wont share with
anyone, not even my distraught mind
try missing your perfume, your orchestral voice
maybe then you’ll understand better when I say I have no choice…
try persevering the pain the other person in my mirror bears
seeing yet unable to touch you, near yet so far
it’s like Moses’ grief when yards away lay the promised land
he couldn’t reach, not even by the help of his sea splitting magical wand…
the bottom line is I miss you, I miss me…but the thing I miss most is “us”.
love lonesome missingyou hurt
273 · Jul 2016
Thought
Ignatius Hosiana Jul 2016
It would be easier when the truth
comes out... instead I wish
the cat had stayed zipped
and suffocating in the bag.
273 · Oct 2016
A matter Of Time
Ignatius Hosiana Oct 2016
It may take a million years*
But someday someone'll see the love beneath my tears
273 · Aug 2016
Heart Knows
Ignatius Hosiana Aug 2016
Choose Your heart
over your
mind
no matter
the kind
of resultant hurt.*
The Heart knows why,
You don't have to
understand.
271 · Dec 2016
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.
269 · Dec 2018
You
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2018
You
are going to hurt me
and I'll write a thousand
pieces about you...
Then long after you've
moved on I'll fall again
for someone like you,
and I'll say these beautiful
things to them, albeit
they'll as well bring joy
soaked in pain...
268 · Jul 2016
Either
Ignatius Hosiana Jul 2016
I don't love the way you deserve
or
you don't deserve the way I love...
267 · Apr 2015
FOREVER
Ignatius Hosiana Apr 2015
It is taking forever to get over you,
My mistake ...
But I'm just glad it will take me never
To another make
If gathering the shards of my broken heart's taking me years
Then so will it take for me to shed other tears
267 · Feb 2016
COUNTLESS
264 · Nov 2016
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
263 · Nov 2016
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.
260 · Aug 2023
It’s never easy for us
Ignatius Hosiana Aug 2023
It's always as hard as draining water out of marble,
a battle against resistance, each drop a struggle.
The weight of the world presses, unyielding,
Like Atlas carrying the cosmos on his shoulders,
Bearing a burden that threatens to shatter every bone.
We're forged in the crucible of adversity,
Tempered by flames that lick at our wounded edges.
The endless path we tread is a jagged road,
Lined with the fragments of shattered dreams,
Every step taken is just another excruciating *****.
The walls we build are fortified with concrete pain,
Constructed brick by brick from the remnants of heartache,
A fortress to protect what remains of our fragile selves.
Our foundations are tectonics, quakes are born beneath us,
We walk holding hands with the next wrecking storm.
It’s never easy, for even when hope softly knocks at our door,
it’s a whisper in a hurricane of doubt, a fragile cry amidst the roar,
an uphill climb on a path strewn with precarious boulders,
a single ray of light in the depth of the night.
It’s never easy for us...
256 · Jan 2016
ONE QUESTION
Ignatius Hosiana Jan 2016
Did I even for once
stand a chance?
255 · Dec 2016
Simple
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
Love to Learn, Learn to Love...
252 · Jul 2023
The One who Will love you
Ignatius Hosiana Jul 2023
The one who will love you shall come like the wind,
With a gentle breeze or a tempest within.
Their love will caress you with a tender touch,
And bring comfort, like a warm, gentle clutch.

Like a meandering stream that flows so serene,
Their love will be constant, a calming routine.
Through twists and turns, in every season,
Their devotion will remain, beyond any reason.

Their love, like autumn's vibrant display,
Will bring colors to your life, in every way.
With passion and warmth, their affection will bloom,
As leaves gently fall, they'll banish all gloom.

The one who will love you shall come like a flood,
A torrential force, rushing in, fierce and unshut.
Their love, like a bushfire, will spread with might,
Engulfing your heart in a warm, glowing light.

As a mighty avalanche reshapes the land,
They'll reshape your world, with a touch so grand.
Their love, like a soaring hurricane's gale,
Will leave no doubt, as emotions prevail.

Just as lightning strikes, unexpected and bright,
They'll electrify your soul, with love's pure light.
Like a tempest at sea, they'll stir your emotion,
A love that rocks your heart, with relentless devotion.

Like a shooting star, streaking through the sky,
Their love will amaze you, as it passes by.
In the depths of the ocean, so vast and profound,
They'll explore your heart, where true love is found.

Just like the moon's pull on the relentless tide,
Their love will draw you close, with nothing to hide.
In the quiet of night, like a twinkling star,
Their love will guide you, no matter how far.

Their love, like the sun, shining bright and warm,
Will bring light to your life, through any storm.
And just like a diamond, so precious and rare,
Their love will be cherished beyond compare.

They'll erupt into your life with fiery passion,
Leaving no doubt, it's a love that's meant to happen.
For in the journey of love, so wild and free,
You'll find the one who loves you, and you'll see,

So open your heart, embrace love's profound art,
For the one who will love you, shall conquer your heart.
252 · Jul 2016
...
Ignatius Hosiana Jul 2016
...
You need not take
what you can't ingest
let alone digest...
250 · May 2019
The Return
Ignatius Hosiana May 2019
I've walked this ****** road for long
maybe I need to return to where it started
to understand where it all went wrong...
248 · Jan 2017
Single
Ignatius Hosiana Jan 2017
I think I was given a single lifeline
and I spent it on you, while you saved
yours for someone else.
*for it's a sad lifetime
for me after you pulled it off whilst you're
a butterfly and in joy you flutter by.
248 · Aug 2016
Others
Ignatius Hosiana Aug 2016
**** in their pants
while some
pant in their sheets
245 · Dec 2016
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.
240 · Jun 2016
I've
Ignatius Hosiana Jun 2016
dropped more
than I've ever risen
in my lifetime...
that's why
I'm in doldrums
239 · Nov 2015
PRIDE
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2015
I ride high on loose wings of my pride
Camouflaging emotions I couldn't otherwise hide.
232 · Jul 2016
Grow old
Ignatius Hosiana Jul 2016
you'll see the world, the real world
by my Literature teacher I was told
229 · Apr 2015
My Life
Ignatius Hosiana Apr 2015
I'd freak out if I dreamt about my state
In simple terms my reality is a nightmare
It is too dark a tunnel to evade fear
I struggle hard enough to endure
The inevitable creeping snare
There's nothing more I hate
Like the stench of my fate
228 · Nov 2016
Trust me
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2016
I'd gladly give away my
forever to be your now...
227 · Nov 2016
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.
219 · Dec 2016
Is it?
Ignatius Hosiana Dec 2016
Is it still fishing if your bait captures a frog?
212 · Nov 2016
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...
208 · May 2015
LOVE
Ignatius Hosiana May 2015
I know it has a prize, the hurt, broken hearts, trance, shattered dreams,the goodbyes and much much more
But I'm so done with loneliness and **** willing to pay to make you mine
204 · Dec 2016
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
200 · Nov 2015
EVERYTHING
Ignatius Hosiana Nov 2015
Everything is a poem, the joy and the hurt
Everything is a story, the bitter end or the start
197 · Jun 2023
Salary
Ignatius Hosiana Jun 2023
He knelt and begged her not to leave, not again
his salary, elusive and causing unbearable strain
He pondered all the patience and the pain
Enduring hardships, hoping for financial gain

When was he going to learn, he wondered aloud,
That salary's fickle and loose not to mention proud
Still he pleaded, "Stay with me, be my loyal friend"
"This time I'll budget and save, let this menacing cycle end"

But salary whispered in a cold, distant tone
"I'll come and go as I please, you'll barely notice that I am gone"
Yet he clung to her, with a desperate plea
Begging, "salary, please don't abandon me."
195 · Jun 2023
Wagons with bands
Ignatius Hosiana Jun 2023
None will understand the footprints in the sand,
The magic held within, the wand in your hand.
Bangles on your wrist, an untold story they bear,
And wagons with bands, creating melodies in the air.

None will know the bond, like I do,
Between the sun and moon, forever in view.
Flowers that bloom, their colors so bright,
Gone too soon, in the realm of day and night.

In goodbyes and gloom, an affair only shared,
Like chess and its pawn, a game of hearts bared.
Home and alone, in solace we find,
And in the cold, the horn's mournful grind.

The secrets they hold, the ocean's blue hue,
In between, the unseen, a connection so true.
None will perceive, only I have the clue,
In these whispers of life, shared between me and you.
179 · 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.
172 · Aug 2023
Handwritten Letter
Ignatius Hosiana Aug 2023
She was art and art was something he obsessed over,
A painting of the sunset hanging from a wall,
Colors ablaze, a fiery sky dipped in gold,
Captured on canvas, a moment to  behold.
She was a quiet resort far away, a tranquil escape,
Ancient engravings, in perfect size and shape.
Unearthed yet intricate pottery with patterns so fine,
She was the echoes of artisans from another lifetime.
She was a handwritten letter, each word a brushstroke of care,
A fragrant bloom, delicate and rare.
She was a vintage record, the soft crackle of nostalgia,
A seashell's whisper, a gala, a cultural memorabilia.
She was starburst in the night, a sparkle's gleam,
A clear flowing river, an artist's dream.
She was a fragment of a meteor's cosmic flight,
A glimpse into the universe's sheer might.
She was a mosaic of moments, a gallery of sights,
A constellation of dreams on endless nights.
She was the fragrance of rain on dry earth,
A treasure trove of memories, each one with worth...
168 · Jul 2023
A Canvas Of Dreams
Ignatius Hosiana Jul 2023
Sometimes stars compete in the night's grand stage,
Each twinkling light vying for an admiring gaze.
They shimmer and sparkle, in cosmic display,
A universal dance in their own vibrant way.

The aurora, some call it, the birth of an enchanting northern light
for as much as each star in the sky has its own splendid blend,
each shines magnificently, uniquely adorning the night
so together a spectrum of hope does upon us descend

The vast expanse above is a ***** canvas of dreams,
Where the stars hold a paintbrush, bursting with beams.
With radiant hues, they weave a celestial tale,
a twinkle of whispers, an ambient flap of a viking sail.

In this prismatic play, their rivalry inspires and ignites,
as they compete, pushing each other to astounding heights.
157 · Jul 2023
Deserter
Ignatius Hosiana Jul 2023
I want you to remember this day,
I want you to know that I wanted to give up.
I wanted to take back my love and seal it in tunnels,
where you would never find..

I wanted to walk out, put cotton in my ear, and never again answer your call.
I wanted to find something else to obsess about,
I wanted to erase your name from my mind and burn the pictures.

Today I wanted to walk out of this book, forget this story,
I wanted this to be my very last sorry.
Today I was exhausted, tired of this war
I felt like a conscript longing for freedom
And almost left without notice to become a deserter

But I didn't, so if I ever stop fighting for this,
I want you to know that today was one of those days
I gave us another chance.
155 · Jul 2023
The Words of my Uncle
Ignatius Hosiana Jul 2023
My Uncle spoke of your temper, an emission of cosmic proportion
He said women like you are a pent up volcano waiting to erupt
that you are desolate planetoids to be approached with precaution
He warned of your dormant fire, ready to rupture and disrupt.
My uncle told me to stay away from women like you 
because you come carrying huge planets on your back 
He warned about your bags of continents I would have to unpack 
with secrets to explore and a trail of spiky asteroids on your track
He said women who wield galaxies cannot be tamed, 
They are constellations of scars, their hearts are maimed. 
they are the reason worlds collide and dimensions bend, 
a fusion of impossible realities, a voyage without end. 
Each step you take leaves stardust in your wake, 
Traversing realms unknown, a cosmic path of terror you make.
A supernova of strength, a force too vast for any man to grasp, 
My Uncle saw in you a void in space, he called you a sting of an alien wasp.
He warned of cosmic storms swirling in your core
an extraterrestrial plague that would leave me sore
my Uncle's cautions echo, an undying diminuendo from afar
"Beware of celestial wonders that hide the bizarre."
Poem number 1000 on HP
148 · Jun 2023
Painter
Ignatius Hosiana Jun 2023
I am an artist, painting smiles on faces,
Bringing joy to the world, filling empty spaces.
But on my own canvas, a different scene unfolds,
An unpleasant surface where ink rarely molds.

It's ironic how I bring color to others' lives,
Yet my own canvas remains untouched, deprived.
The brush hesitates, unwilling to leave a mark,
As if my own existence is lost in the dark.

But perhaps there's beauty in this untouched space,
A rawness that holds a different kind of grace.
For the canvas that yearns for color and ink,
Can inspire empathy, making others think.

In my imperfections, there lies a unique art,
A vulnerability that touches deep within the heart.
For it is through our struggles and untold pain,
That true empathy and compassion can reign.

So, as I paint smiles upon each sad, empty face,
I find solace in knowing my own canvas holds its place.
An artist with an unfinished artwork, it's true,
But a story that speaks, creating a different view.
140 · Jul 2023
Dreams Have A Price
Ignatius Hosiana Jul 2023
These dreams have a price, it's you to choose how you pay,
You can give the gold of silence, burying your desires deep,
Or the late-night silver, for endless pursuit trading sleep,
Or the nickel of patience, a virtue to withstand the wait.

You can offer a pound of resilience, a currency unyielding and true,
For when challenges arise, it's one of those things that gets you through,
To forge ahead and bring the imperceptible to view.
Or you can pay with the copper coin of dedication.

An emerald of courage is acceptable, bravery to face each daunting choice,
Venturing into the unknown, silencing fear and finding your voice.
There's the sapphire of perseverance, a gem of unwavering determination,
To persist in the face of adversity, continuing despite dissuasion.

The diamond of belief, a gem that sparkles with unwavering trust,
In yourself, in your dreams, in the belief that the climb is a must.
You can pay for your dreams with the ruby of sacrifice,
For grander aspirations, some things you relinquish.

The opal of wisdom, platinum of passion, the bronze of ambition,
To aggressively strive for eminence, emerald of kindness,
Choose your currency as you please, their value is vast,
For in the currency you choose lies the key.
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