In the beginning
all of the good souls were separated
and spread across the earth
to keep balance and peace among the troubled souls
the good souls had to give up their happiness

well if you ask me that was a stupid idea
the good souls deserve each other
despite our need for them here.

I like strawberries
I like the way my hair looks when I have no where to go
I like my bagels toasted with cream cheese
I like to watch movies, but only alone
I bake cookies when I'm sad
Music means more to me than almost anything else
Christmas is my favorite holiday
I drink tea when I want to be quiet
I don't have a favorite color, I can't decide
I love the outdoors
I hate insincerity
My room is pink, but covered in posters
I have shoeboxes full of old photographs
I love driving alone at night

i used to be in love once
with someone
i thought only i
could love the way i did

i used to be in love
or at least what i thought love was
because i held her smile
with both of my arms spread wide
like my wrists were nailed
to the corners of her lips

whenever we said our goodbye's
i felt like a part of me
was taken away
and the hole that was left in my chest
was, as i convinced myself, one only she could fill again

i gave her everything
but i rubbed my eyes with salt
to mask the truth that she didn't care to do the same

i used to be in love once
with someone
i thought only i could love the way i did
but no matter how much i studied her
studied her every move
i never learned that to be in love
is not the same
as to just
love

because you never asked me
to be your saviour
i don't need to hold up your smile with my wrists
because yours would appear
whenever mine would light up your world

we'd say goodbye
and you'd carry a part of me
as i carry a part of you
and from then on
it became something we both shared
something
that encompasses any distance between us

i felt like i gave you nothing
but you tell me
that all you need
is me

they say i'm foolish
to rush a love like this
but i didn't seek it
the complete opposite rather
i pushed you away
and you pushed me away
but here we are

they say
you're not what i think you are
it may or may not be true
nevertheless, the response is
"shut the **** up. to hell with you"
because for once
i think this love is good for me

I can feel me breaking
but my anger is holding me together.
You said you were on your way
that this time it would be forever.

You lied.

Parties and dances enliven the town
Musical shows and singing all around
Crackers and bells go sharp at midnight
To welcome the dawn of a new year bright

Streets echoing wishes nice,
Speeches made by people wise,
The kitchen smells of hot milk rice,
The air so full of joyous cries

Lists and lists of new year resolutions
Fresh attempts to shut the gates of pollution
Charts hung with diets for a quick loss of weight
Let's hope they stick firm through many new year plates

Bus- stops glowing in  radiant colour,
Smiles of eager students-by the moment,  growing fuller
The village chapel has a line-up to cleanse their hearts
New clothes,  new thoughts,  all in all,  a new start!

Someone once asked me,
"Was it a proper affair?"
Yes, of course it was.