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Sasha Ranganath Oct 2014
Hold your breath
Count to ten,
Don't let go
Keep it in.

Lift a brick
Dig a hole,
Jump inside
Keep holding on.

Shut your eyes
And don't breathe,
Stay in there
Don't be free.

Now climb out,
Run a mile.
Swim a lap
Don't breathe, but smile.

Greet some people,
Hug a few
But even then
Don't you dare spew.

Do you feel at ease?
Is it a wonderful feel?
That's the strength I have
To walk past you like a breeze.
Sasha Ranganath Oct 2014
In the spark of a lighter on a cigarette
In the sparkle of a twilight star
In the shine of an eye in a veteran portrait
In the glint of sun through a drizzle war.

In the shimmer of dust in the early sunlight
In the gleaming midnight moon
In the shining tears of happy eyes
In the glittering outline of a paper cartoon.

In all these simple sights it lies-
The buried, hidden treasure.
A feast for all the demonic eyes-
The epitome of pleasure.
Sasha Ranganath Oct 2014
:)
With every step that you take
And every move that you make,
I can't help but stumble
And fall so deep into hate.
Sasha Ranganath Oct 2014
Cold and nasty winter. Never ending. I cried and cried and cried. The world swirled around me like a malfunctioning round-about. I wanted to bury myself under the snow, and maybe just freeze forever. Or maybe just freeze time so that I could correct everything. So that I could make everything right.

I kept escaping into trances- black and white. No reds or blues or greens or yellows. Not one speck of joy to be seen. I drifted and drifted and lost contact with the real world, and just let go. It was so intense, pain and anger and frustration, and pouring into this goblet of madness from my blind eyes, too used to monotony, trying to look for a wormhole into a different galaxy. I cried tears of silver and cold. Cold they were, like the air around me. Alone, I was; body and head not matching pace. Everything swung around, floating dots of faint colour, dying hope, raging flames, nails across a chalkboard- making me cringe with discomfort and yell. What were these nonsensical mind games? Plucking out my brain bit by bit and making pickle out of the pieces. Yanking my strings, forcing them to snap and a constant shriek within my head.

And suddenly my soul collapsed. I was dead.
Sasha Ranganath Oct 2014
Round-abouts of confusion
A ship of misconception.

Free falling into fire,
But only getting higher.

Together but alone,
Still holding onto hope.

Slowly the fire dies,
Waves begin to arise.

And suddenly something breaks,
Even though he still cared.

It's the sound of a shattering heart,
Faults on both parts.

Constellations breaking,
Connections tearing.

Last night she loved him,
Well into the foggy morning.

Tonight she just cries,
Asking herself why?

She wonders if he's doing the same,
How long must she pray?

Know that she cares,
Know that she dares.

She sees his girl,
But does he see she's hurt?

But perhaps it's okay,
She needs to drift away.
for one of my closest friends <3
Sasha Ranganath Oct 2014
Swooning in love
It started out,
Or at least I think.
But was it just betrayed trust?

Fall outs and patch ups,
Confusion and bliss;
A wonderland in my head
That's all it was.

You built me up
And broke me down,
Didn't care
Didn't hurt.

The final time you broke me down,
I built myself from ruins;
Didn't stumble
Didn't drown.

Since you broke me down,
Can you see
How far I've come?
I've retrieved my crown.

One day I'll be there
To thank you for it,
One sharp glance
And you'll be hit.

I won't break you down,
Just my creation.
I won't steal your crown,
Just your humiliation.
Sasha Ranganath Oct 2014
Unseen lies,
Forgone truth;
Bleeding eyes,
Hiding crooks.

Bruised skins,
Broken hearts;
Downing pills,
Tearing in parts.

Skyward bound,
Or bound to flames;
Screaming loud,
But from silence we hail.

Muffled words,
Hand-cuffed wrists;
Suicidal birds,
More names to lists.

We'll be the lost,
We'll be the forgotten;
We'll be the past,
We'll be the unwanted.
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