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Oct 2019 · 240
Hello NYC
Sincerely Em Oct 2019
I’ve been sailing across a galaxy
Where the light never seems to die
Where my soul is free to wander -
And dwell among the stellar skies
Where colors are constantly changing
And sounds fade in but never out
Where silence welcomes in chaos
Yet the stillness of being is embraced throughout ...
Sincerely, Em
Jul 2019 · 451
Chasing You
Sincerely Em Jul 2019
Lately, I’ve been chasing the moon
To where it’s always night
Where the stars are always shining
They remind me of your eyes
Let your stardust blow through my ear
Like when you whispered to me
“I love you and I love the night, you’ll always find me here”
Sincerely, Em
Jun 2019 · 322
Reflection at 24
Sincerely Em Jun 2019
This one’s for all the waves
That have flooded my boat
For the changes of wind
And all fate unsought  

It’s for the shifting constellations
That have left me astray
Yet it’s for a loving God
Who has shown me the way

This one’s for the heartfelt laughs
More so, it’s for the shedded tears
My growing soul, my grateful heart
My patient mind and overpowered fears

It’s for my everlasting hope
In a meadow always in bloom
Watered with my faith
Guarded by my seven moons
Sincerely, Em
Apr 2019 · 351
Take Me With You
Sincerely Em Apr 2019
Take me with you
As you blow through my hair
Fly me far off
Swiftly
Up and anywhere

Take me with you
As you flow away from the shore
We’ll go join the others
In the deep
Blue core

Take me with you
As you set away from time
Let me rise with you
Elsewhere
Into another sky

Take me with you
As you pass through the light
My soul is longing
For what is beyond
My sight
Sincerely, Em
Feb 2019 · 429
Unseen
Sincerely Em Feb 2019
What if the sounds of heavy winds -
Were calls of souls in despair
Tormented by oblivion
As our memories of them fade

Standing behind my closed window
Gazing at the swaying leaves
Would the misunderstood chaos cease
If the unseen was to be seen

Like those souls, were my tears
They poured for you to see
But you spared them for oblivion
To be swallowed by my cheeks

I understood the crying winds
As they understood my tears
So I opened up my window
Welcoming in the unseen

Furious, you ran towards me
Pushing the window shut
I reached out as I fell with the wind
But my arms remained untouched

It was then that I realised
The truth about my tears
Like the wind, I was living -
On the other side, unseen

So my calls of despair began to fade
Whilst heavy winds rain away -
Into far-off skies, accepting fate -
Of my forgotten soul in decay
Sincerely, Em
Dec 2018 · 404
Never Enough
Sincerely Em Dec 2018

I love you ...
With every thought that resides in my overthinking mind
With every beat that races against my anxious heart
With every tear that falls insignificant amongst my waves of sadness


But I also love you ...
With every smile that visits my face
With every song that I sing
With every moment of silence that I spend gazing upon you


I love you in my lows -
When I choose to pull down the curtains and pull up my covers


I love you in my highs -
When I dance around my kitchen alone to the echoing sounds of your voice in my head


I love you in my weakness;
It's when I feel your arms picking me up


I love you in my strength;
It's when I hear you clapping in the distance


I love you when I'm afraid;
It's when I feel you enveloping my being


I love you when I'm brave;
It's when you tell me "I told you so"


I love you when all the words of love choose to die away
I love you when I'm digging up graves to express
I love you when love silences me


And as I'm sitting here looking back at you, staring into your mesmerising yet confused eyes I realise ... there must be more to you that I haven't loved yet

It is not enough

Or so you've said ...

Sincerely, Em
Oct 2018 · 425
Heavenly Adorned
Sincerely Em Oct 2018
I’m sorry
for the craters on my body
make me incomplete
and the galaxies within me
are starting to deplete

I’m sorry
for my stars have misled you
along the way
and my darker-growing tunnel
has sent you astray

I’m sorry
for my skies carry clouds
of heavy rain
and the warmth of my sun
inflicts only burning pain

I’m sorry
for my waves have crashed
into your home
and my narrow caves
have broken your bones

I’m sorry
for my wilted spine
has crawled into the soil
and my withering gardens
have lost all joy

I’m sorry
for believing that I could
heavenly adorn
a mourning heart
with walls of thorns
Sincerely, Em
Sep 2018 · 575
Jealousy
Sincerely Em Sep 2018
Don’t share your love
Don’t pass out smiles
Don’t gaze upon
The passersby

The catastrophe
Of the love in me
Is my uncontrollable
Jealousy
Sincerely,
Em
Sep 2018 · 496
Mine
Sincerely Em Sep 2018
Don't walk my garden
Don't pick my flowers
Don't pull my leaves
I own the trees

The pebbles you're walking on
The lake you're swimming in
The berries you're picking
They belong to me
Sincerely,
Em
Jul 2018 · 613
My Core
Sincerely Em Jul 2018
I find peace in knowing
that I could die
at any given moment

The noise is silenced ..
The chaos ceases ..
My ego drops ..

Suddenly
everything important
becomes very obvious;
my vision becomes clear

And I realise
how simple it all is

Life is simple
when I remind myself
of death
because only then
do I begin to live
Sincerely, Em
Jul 2018 · 816
Gratitude
Sincerely Em Jul 2018
This one’s for
the kind hearted,
the compassionate,
the loving ..

The caring souls
like oceans
endlessly giving ..

The ones who
are always there
with open arms ..

It’s for the
beautiful lights,
my guiding stars ..

It’s for the ones
whose words echo,
the friendly voices
in my caves of thoughts ..

It’s for the
blissful blessings
dressed as people
sent from heaven,
from a loving God ..
Sincerely, Em
May 2018 · 421
Blessed
Sincerely Em May 2018
Blessed is a heart once broken but finds a way back home
Pricked fingers against thorned faces once here, now gone

Faces of roses fragranced in deceit yet showing colours of love
With roots scarcely below the surface, ready to let go of their grounds

Grounds a heart once wandered, believing they were home
But tripped over their unsettled roots and fell onto unforgiving thorns

Pricked fingers bled on the roses with much fright and despair
Alas, the thorned faces had no love to spare

Blinded is a heart for believing love can be given by thorns
But blessed is a heart once broken and found its way back home
Sincerely, Em
Apr 2018 · 307
Naked
Sincerely Em Apr 2018
I’ve carved you into my flesh
Oh, what beautiful scars
And corners for you I’ve undressed
In a forgotten room I call my heart

I bathed myself in the thoughts of you
Till I was drowned in love
But as I sank to your seabed
I was tossed above -

Back into my naked corners
To be forgotten like my heart
Such shame I feel in my flesh now -
As I retrace the start

So I closed my drunken eyes shut
In attempt to re-dress my soul
But in truth, it felt useless
For once I was naked, and still am after all
Sincerely, Em
Mar 2018 · 362
...
Sincerely Em Mar 2018
...
stars fall to my lap
dimensions fading away
my galaxy dies
Sincerely, Em
Feb 2018 · 338
Is This Humanity?
Sincerely Em Feb 2018
Do you have food on your plate?
Do you have clothes on your skin?
Are your decisions left to fate?
Do you fear the life you're in?

Do you speak your loudest thoughts?
Do you have books to read? 
Do you even know the alphabet?
Are you always left to bleed?

Do you hide to pray at night?
Are beaten to your flesh?
Do you rub your skin white?
Do you have the freedom to express?

Many questions you ask ..
Many answers you seek ..

But it has always been one question ..
Is this humanity you see?
I've been suffering from a severe writer's block the past three months. It's starting to worry me, but I'm glad I've been spending more time practicing my music as an alternative form of expression.

I wrote this piece a while ago. I thought sharing something old would hopefully get me back into my writing mindset.

I'm grateful for Hello Poetry and the patience it has as we all go through our phases of evolving as writers, or even our phases of writer's block from time to time.

Much love, Em.

P.S. Would love your advice on resolving a writer's block **
Nov 2017 · 454
A Weeping Poet
Sincerely Em Nov 2017
I feel like ...

All the poetry in the world has been shattered
All the poets have gone mute
All the stanzas have been dismantled
All the rhyming words are in dispute

I’m an alphabet of one letter
Choking on faded words
I’m suffocating on alliterations
Black bruises and broken back bones

It’s almost like my pulse is dropping syllables
17 … 7 … 5 … 3 …
Empty pages of lost haikus
As flat lines race death to flee

This broken heart weeps of hurt -
Of false promises, of wounded memories
My broken heart weeps of hurt
As my mourning tears fall into elegies
Sincerely, Em
Nov 2017 · 386
A Nomad’s Epiphany
Sincerely Em Nov 2017
I'm a nomad
I travel
from one thought
to another

I don't stay there for long
Each thought passes me
along to the other
and so on 

A trace
of a thin line
is always left behind
as I'm being passed over
And a spider web
of entangled lines
starts to form
amongst all those thoughts

Then I end up strangled 

Feelings start turning
into thoughts
and thoughts turn
into words
and words become
louder
and stronger


Suddenly
awareness arises



Doors
deep down the dungeons
of my head are
beginning to unlock themselves

I'm not fighting it
Not anymore

Acceptance
starts flowing within
Whilst the web
untangles
its innermost thoughts
Sincerely, Em
Oct 2017 · 1.3k
An Exaggeration of Love
Sincerely Em Oct 2017
Does it sting you?
The way I look at you
Because baby, you’re like alcohol
to my bleeding cuts
whenever you look at me

Do my kisses revive your being?
Because baby,
your kisses only **** me
as I inhale the traces
of nicotine in your breath

Do our songs make you yearn
for my fingertips
caressing your hands
as we drive into the night?
Because baby,
my internals screech
for your touch
Baby, I hate our songs

Do you feel yourself suffocating
every night?
As I step out
when you drop me off
Because baby,
I feel myself falling
out of your skyscrapers
and into the cold abyss
of black skies

Does the word goodbye
asphyxiate your lungs
as you enunciate it?
Because baby,
my lungs collapse
as my ribcage closes in
to hug them when
your hugs are no longer there
to contain me

Yes
I exaggerate
in the ways that I miss you

Yes
It hurts me
the way I love you

So let us say our goodbyes already

Baby please
just go
Sincerely, Em
Sep 2017 · 559
Lullabies
Sincerely Em Sep 2017
My emotions are starting
to collapse
into my flesh
They’re seeping through
my veins
Physically
Feeding into my heart

We’ve created bonds
so pure
so precious
very deep
Bonds that now
are like invisible strings
of auroras
tangled through
the space and time
across countries
and continents

I want to pull onto
those strings
I want to pull them
closer
But they’re just light
and air

I can only pull
with my heart
which has already
collapsed
into its own depths
and onto itself

Veins start to shift
with arteries
I just don’t know anymore
what is it that
I am being given
by the world
And what is it
that I am giving out
I just cannot tell
what exactly is
flowing into my heart
and what it is
I’m trying to
exhale out

My body starts to lag
My cheeks viciously
feed on my tears
They don’t get the chance
to fall out
of my eyes
And just as they do
my tears dry
into my skin

And again ..

I can’t tell anymore
I feel
no more
Or perhaps my tears
have lost their way
They no longer know
what and whom
to cry for

Do you feel
what I’m trying to say?

You tell me
feelings transcend
across countries and continents
across oceans
Yet
your words cease
across my mirage-like cheeks
where my tears go
to dry

And then I remember
again
those bonds of hearts
like mine
like yours
like theirs
I remember the closeness
of our intertwining souls

All of you come
to memory
And your breaths
become my lullabies
to bed
as I try to remember
your inhales and exhales
your pulse
as I hugged
each and every
one of you

Then you put me
to sleep
for the night
In other words: Separation anxiety at its best.
With love, this one goes to the special ones out there.

Sincerely, Em
Aug 2017 · 397
Deathly Temptations
Sincerely Em Aug 2017
Your silence breeds deathly temptations within me

On the edge of my breaths I stood looking down to words that
should have been said ..
My toes linger on the edges whilst the wind finds its way through
the spaces of my body ..

I wanted you to pull me back
Yet, you remained in silence

Narrow, became the ground below my feet;
Pulling me away from existence

My weight fell before me ..
My soul followed the long fall ..

Eight letters down ..

I counted them as I ceased to be

But even in my death, the screaming echoes of your silence lived
with me

So I kept my headstone unmarked;
You shall always have a space to engrave your deathly silence

Whenever you’re ready ..
My grave will forever remain hugging its headstone

For my soul found its patience in death
Sincerely, Em

P.S. Writer's block unblocked. It's good to be back.
Jun 2017 · 562
Sins of Black
Sincerely Em Jun 2017
In a sea of people
In the waves of white
The dark night covers you

In a far horizon
In the skies of black
At the shore I stand longing to -

The way you swayed me in your waters
The way you pulled me into your core

The way you immersed me deep within -
The heavy waters of sins you bore

You covered me with filth and still -
I come longing for more

Seduced dances underwater
Let us sin together, forevermore
Inspired by a dear friend's capture of the sea at night ..

Sincerely, Em
Jun 2017 · 682
Until Next Time ...
Sincerely Em Jun 2017
Your soul remains untouched;
A starless sky bearing silky hues of pure black

Come .. let my words of crimson stain your lips, as I whisper traces of my fragrance into your being

Come .. tilt your neck near my heavily breaths; let me blow dust of galactic nebulas across your flesh

Your silky blacks unfold into stained sheets of stardust whilst you rest within the depths of my galaxies tonight

Alas, my moonlit eyes cease into the sleeping curse of tomorrow's sun

But fear not ..

We shall meet at the dawn of my next moonlight, once again ..
Sincerely, Em
Jun 2017 · 446
Perspective
Sincerely Em Jun 2017
Below the grounds of your soil my seeds rested -
Breeding roots of grass and tulips up to your feet

Viscously you marched over my veins -
Plucking out every last bit of my tender stems

However, tender you were in the rain;
Covering my petals from the liquid stains

But it was never for the love of my seeds;
Rather for the mere satisfaction of gazing at my blood in a vase near your sunny window

Your ignorance called it beauty
Yet, from way under the soil here ..

I called it ******
Sincerely, Em
Jun 2017 · 476
A Vow to Share
Sincerely Em Jun 2017
It is just that it is not -
How we usually say goodbye

Not a smile nor a soul-felt hug
In silence we both took our sighs

It is enough that you aren't near
It is saddening to not look into your eyes

It is heartbreaking to ache alone -
When we could be aching side by side

I could listen to your heartbeats
Whilst I inhale your every breath

But I'm left to listen to the drops -
Of my tears rolling down instead

It is unfair that you take away from me -
Your sadness that we've vowed to share

I always believed we felt not only for the joy
But also for each other's sorrows we’d care
Sincerely, Em
Jun 2017 · 758
Grains of Sand
Sincerely Em Jun 2017
I am a sand clock in this passing life;
With every fallen sand grain is a drop of my heart beat

My breaths cease with yours as your grain passes through my hourglass

Yes, we are made of dust ..
And your grains of sand make me whole ..
A galactic dusty soul I am ..  carrying a universe that in a way is finitely endless

We fight as we unawarely head towards that narrow neck of a death bed
Grain, we seep through and fall onto the deathly base of the hourglass
It's where time sits still, frozen, looking up onto other falling sand grains in the repetition movements of hatred, anger and destruct

And my soul fails to stay awake as my organs of dust fall away ...

A breath of me dies with you
A blink of my sight grows weaker
A tear from eyes drops heavily into a mud puddle of my endless cries ..

As each one of you fades .. so do I
In light of the recent increasing rates of violent acts, my heart goes out to the precious souls that have left us.


Sincerely, Em
May 2017 · 489
Pinch Me
Sincerely Em May 2017
Sometimes ..

I call out your name in the silence
I just want to hear your letters lingering through -
The spaces of echo on my tongue

Through the rivers of blood
Viens of black .. Strings of sound
Through the drumming of my heart
From the expanded depths of my lungs

And it is never about the silence all around me .. Never about my room being pitch black
It is not about the thoughts of missing you .. Neither is it about the thoughts of wanting you back

It's just that sometimes ..

I utter your letters just so I could feel the screeching ugliness seeping through the spaces of echo on my tongue ..

It's how I pinch myself into reality ..

Yes, I'm awake.
Sincerely, Em
Apr 2017 · 1.4k
Confessions: Once More
Sincerely Em Apr 2017
My emotional compass is losing its gravitational pull ...

At times the direction dies still. At other times, it spins madly. 
I feel like I'm being crushed between two walls and drowned within thunder-clapping waves. Yet, on the surface of my ocean, the glass waters reflect a serene, tranquil light of the full moon hugging its night sky.   

I'm uncertain. I’m indecisive. I run away to the farthest, darkest corner of the forest. I also flee to the highest peaks and hide under sunlight. 

I'm not fearful of destruction. I'm fearful of being destructive. I tend to destruct myself by destructing the souls I cherish most. Nightmares of finding myself in abandoned emptiness haunt me. I fear being left, so I walk away. I fear being loved deeply, so I push them away. And this ... this is where I become destructive. 

I say I’m seeking peaceful stability, when truthfully...? My soul is gushing across the ends of the earth all at once. Maybe I find peace in the chaos. Maybe I just feed on chaos. 

I throw my soul into the deepest wells of love. I find myself abruptly climbing back to the surface, clawing my way up those walls. And just as I nearly reach the top, I intentionally let go of myself only to fall back in. The record breaks on replay. 

I gather myself, set the records straight then let them role into chaos once more. Once More replays itself endlessly through the space and time of my existence, and my life turns into a repetition of these "once more" chaotic events. Secret be told, I think I enjoy all of this. All so exciting and lively at that moment. Alas, dreadful at points of reality checks. Lifeless at the destination. 

So…? I gather myself and set the records straight again ...  once more ... once more, again ... and again ... 

Helpless. But wild. 
Wild. But easily tamed. 
Tamed. But cannot be owned. 

Gently handle my being. I'm too stubborn ... Even with my own self. Yet, I also feel ever so delicate and fragile. I can easily break at my own grip.

I’ll tell you how … 

It's all in the simplicities - which can also turn into complexities - found in the sun’s golden hour. Yellow rays against my skin. Illuminated dust particles dancing through my fingers. A warm whisper. That bold dive. Grab me by the extremes. 

Right now .. I think I’m coming up with a case of the blues. 
So, come … Dip me not in the rainbow, but in the *** of gold at the far end. 

Take me all the way ... The noise, it enchants me. 

Be still my heart, it’s him … Chaos.
A page of thoughts and confessions ripped out of my diary.
Sincerely, Em
Apr 2017 · 821
Once, When I Loved You
Sincerely Em Apr 2017
I loved you as I gazed into the deep blue that fell onto the far off mountains of little islands with white shores

I loved you as I gazed into crystal waters .. And as vast as the seas would extend, I knew they would find you, they would reach you on the other end

I threw a rock into the ocean .. I blew wishes across the sea .. And with that one roaring wave, I knew, you've sent your love back to me

I loved you as I gazed into the reflections of blue sunny skies bestowing light upon blue droplets in oceanic waters that belonged to the vast, deep love I held for you

As I turned away, I heard the waters calling .. You were reaching into the distance of my soul .. I was tripping, stumbling and falling into the depths your caves behold

So, I promised myself to always remember ..

The far off mountains within crystal waters in which the rock I threw ..
The roaring wave to the wishes I've made across the shinning of blue ..
The longing calls gushing through echoing caves that have brought me to -
That time when I gazed across and beyond the blue waters ..

*Once, when I loved you
Sincerely, Em
Apr 2017 · 446
I Will ..
Sincerely Em Apr 2017
A rusted soul
Dissolving into dust
Seeping into the seabed
Washed away from shore

The lands no longer want me
The winds cannot sustain me no more

I'm sinking below right now
But in this drowning I will soar
Sincerely, Em
Apr 2017 · 541
Five Beats Faster
Sincerely Em Apr 2017
I feel the golden cage within my heart -
Has set its butterflies loose
My mind has waved the flag
And my heart called it a truce

With every word you utter
My pulse starts raging on
Your voice comes to sooth me
As hidden kisses rise upon -

Skin of lips and hushed whispers
And I keep wanting more -
Of those numbing, love blisters -
Adorned across my collarbone

Of what do I feel, you ask?
Light-headed and a drowsy sight
Like the Earth spinning five beats faster
Twirling me into your arms ever so tight
Because we all got to write a sappy love poem at one point or another ..

Sincerely, Em
Feb 2017 · 333
Healing
Sincerely Em Feb 2017
The sharp icicles of her soul are hitting the ground
One by one they are falling


Winter is fading away ..
To our countless experiences, different journeys, and kind souls
Sincerely, Em
Feb 2017 · 950
Body, Mind and Soul
Sincerely Em Feb 2017
See, a child is a responsibility -
Before, it is a choice
She is not a puppet nor a doll
He develops words, she has a voice

He is the whisper of God, an angel adorned
She is a jar of air sent down from heaven
Meant to be released into -
The world once she is born

You can love him, you can teach her
You can journey with him through on
But you cannot - for the life of me - cannot
Treat her as your own -

Body, mind or soul
Truly, understand that your child -
Can grow to be different from you

We all bloom into different flowers
Yet, we can all learn how to grow -
Side by side in a meadow -
Under the same sky of blue

So before you take that responsibility
Before you make it a possible choice
Know, that a child like an adult
Is also gifted with a set of their own -

Body, mind and soul
Sincerely, Em
Feb 2017 · 679
In A Parallel World
Sincerely Em Feb 2017
Somewhere, in a miracle-giving, parallel world ..
I would be lying in bed alone
I would reach out my finger to touch you
You would appear to my senses' longing
You would appear to my loving touch

Somewhere, in an ocean-distanced bed away from yours ..
I am lying here alone
I reach out my finger to touch you
I reach out my hand, further
I stretch my body out, further
A little more further ..

I fall into the air
Onto the ground

And the empty silence keeps on living ..
Sincerely, Em
Jan 2017 · 575
Anew, Again ..
Sincerely Em Jan 2017
I've been sailing the galaxies
Through a strong wind of stars
Many times, Gravity called upon me
But I've laid my anchor on Mars

Of all the wide seas and vast oceans
From Earth I chose to be afar
Here the heavens swore me an oath
Near me shall come no harm

I swing my anchor and climb to the moon -
To count my blessings upon stellar skies
My sight falls to the dock near Mars
Meteor showers fill my sailboat with sighs

It is longing for home, my little wooden boat
White clouds hugging blue waters
Take your anchor; sail to your heart's desire
And tell Gravity that I've grown fonder -

Of my soul that has spread its sails
Across waters of black and winds of shinning hue
And when night comes to mother Earth
Let them gaze upon my soul a-birth, anew
Clouded emotions then clear emotions then denial were basically the recipe for a writer's block. I feel grateful for the split second these words came rushing into my soul. Acceptance was the key.

Sincerely, Em
Nov 2016 · 318
Creation
Sincerely Em Nov 2016
I don't want to test the waters ..

I want to jump in
Play with the waves
Learn from the sea
Enjoy the lesson

And leave the shore a swimmer
Here's to living fully ..
Sincerely, Em
Nov 2016 · 533
A Song: Walking, Still
Sincerely Em Nov 2016
I don't seem to know my way, but
I'm walking, still
I'm not sure where life will take me
Up or down the hill
I cry some days, then I
Smile through my tears
Might spend a day in bed, or
Lose track for years

But darling, I'm just me ..

I'll paint the light if I can't see
The lightness of my reality
And touch the skies, that I will
'Cross the mountains I'm walking, still

(music)

I don't seem to know myself, but
I feel alive
Though sometimes I surely feel like
I want to hide
From the crowd, from the sounds, from the faces
That corner of mine
And some days the hope within me
Is so divine

Oh darling, come with me ..

We'll wash the pain of yesterday
Run through meadows like we used to play
Send our hopes up afar
As they fly down with shooting stars

(music)

'Cause darling, don't you see ..

We don't seem to know our way, but
We're walking, still
We're not sure where life will take us
Up or down the hill
We all cry some days, then we
smile through our tears
Might spend a day in bed, or
Lose track for years

And we'll be walking, still
Thought I'd share something different today
Would love feedback **
Sincerely, Em
Nov 2016 · 4.8k
Oh, Lord ..
Sincerely Em Nov 2016
Can I skip ahead in line, please?

Surely You can see ..

Plans haven't been going as planned
I've been roaming endlessly  

I need not to say my goodbyes
They've waived me that dance, You see -

I tried jumping out of Earth last time
But I just fell back into the seas

It's like swimming in oceanic galaxies
Suffocating on infinite catastrophes

Just as my head reaches the surface
The heavens collapse over me

They say I know nothing of my tears -
Nor of the world I sense or feel

So they caged me deep within their ribs, You see -
They claim it is safer in here ..

My breaths are only fading, inside
My eyes have not the strength to seek -
The light on the other side of their flesh -
Of their flesh in which they buried me

So I have been roaming endlessly ..

Wounded. Lost. Cannot breathe ..
Befriended by tears. Blinded. I know not of sleep

I see souls in a queue not ready to leave;
They have exhales from inhales yet to be breathed

But I'm just an ink-less broken feather
Over papers I weep
I cannot write down my sorrows
But I'm sure, You can see ..

I'm ready to die oh Lord!

Can I skip ahead in line, please?
Sincerely, Em
Sincerely Em Nov 2016
It was the waves you always went to -
At night under a blanket of stars

I was whispering to the moon -
When you heard me

Darling, here comes the start ..

I surrendered to the seabed;
The waters knew the way to you

You chased the moonlight's reflection
Sailing down the horizon hues -

Where the skies kissed the sea -
You kissed my soul anew

The stars fell onto my lap
And bow did the moon

You spoke of galaxies
You spoke of the heavens

And to places together we’ll fly

Oh but, darling!  
I was only falling deeper -
Into the wonders of your eyes

Colours started parting
Rolling the night away

And so the earth circled -
Towards the sunlight of that day
To many more ..

Sincerely, Em
Nov 2016 · 10.8k
Independence
Sincerely Em Nov 2016
Independence .. From the shoulds and shouldn'ts  
Independence .. I'm thirsty to explore
My soul yearns to sail at sea .. My body chains me to the shore
Chains are only people .. Only minds afraid to look

And I .. I slowly start liberating from the rules in their book
Part 5
Nov 2016 · 402
Fear
Sincerely Em Nov 2016
Fear .. I have enough of it for the world
Fear .. Also known as my gravedigger
As I wrap myself in the most finest silks of fear ..
My grave .. It only gets deeper .. Only bigger

And I .. I find myself at the cemetery pouring the sand back into my grave
Part 4
Nov 2016 · 307
Dreams
Sincerely Em Nov 2016
Dreams .. Are only at my fingertips
Dreams .. They seep into my veins
I'm drugged .. My body trembles
"You're high .. Up in your dreams", they claim

And I ..  I keep running after my dreams only to trip over my fingertips
Part 3
Nov 2016 · 392
Friends
Sincerely Em Nov 2016
Friends .. I fell madly in love with a few
Alas .. I should have only kept them as so
Because friends .. Will unconditionally stand by you
Only if friends .. Aren't your lovers too

And I .. I screech within the depth of my being between holding on and letting go
Part 2
Nov 2016 · 382
Abuse
Sincerely Em Nov 2016
Abused .. By the thoughts your mind rapes my life with
Abused .. By your words that linger heavily on my shoulders
Abused .. By the pathways of hell to heaven

And I .. I only tumble when I soar
Part 1
Oct 2016 · 1.2k
October 28, 1994
Sincerely Em Oct 2016
May you stumble upon joy this year -
Upon heavenly magical skies -
With clouds purple and yellow
Through deep reflections of your eyes

May you stumble upon Autumn leaves
That sweep you off your feet -
Up above the tallest tree
Where you can almost see July

May you stumble upon a ray of light -
At the very crack of dawn
When birds chirp and flowers grow -
With the light inside, you've grown

May you stumble upon a pile of wishes -
Hidden in a factory of your own
Wishes, in the making ..
Whilst others you have sewn

May you stumble upon this and that
And for every stumble, you are fond -
That all those times of sudden stumbling
You've been actually dancing upon ..
Keep dancing upon greatness ..

Sincerely, Em
Oct 2016 · 554
Home to You
Sincerely Em Oct 2016
When the little corners of life start to tap every bit of your soul ..

When you reach out to grasp something that you know is not there ..

When you close your eyes very tight just to open them again in hopes of seeing that very one miracle ..

When the wind blowing through your hair almost feels like secret breaths into your ears ..

When tears wrap around your throat from the mere thought of the empty left side of the bed tomorrow ..

When you lay in bed alone and can almost feel those hands bringing themselves to wrap your bones into existence ..

When hello's are early goodbye's of near longing ..

When goodbye's are early hello's of near joy ..

And that is when you know ..
You have only been living in the first minute of every hour

That is when you know ..
It is time to strike into the next minute

It is when you know ..
You're ready to fall into all of the seconds of each passing day

You finally know ..
You are ready to come home
Sincerely, Em
Oct 2016 · 328
You.
Sincerely Em Oct 2016
For it is a soul like yours that brightens up your day ..
Sincerely, Em
Oct 2016 · 487
She Carries Music With Her
Sincerely Em Oct 2016
She carries music with her every place she goes ..

It's in the gleam of her gazing eyes when she observes magnificence
It's in the tear drops of her crying eyes when the keys of her heart hit the wrong notes
It's in her smile that draws melodious beauty on her face
It's in her voice that hums mesmerising harmony ..

Yet, you upset her

You rid her from her music
You string her out of tune
You silence all the melodies
You took away the moon -

That glowed up the dark night sky
That made the stars feel at home
That made the night feel safer
Yet, you made her feel alone

The waves came crashing on her kingdom
The wind blew away her home
The home she called her music
Is now forsaken and gone

He was walking through abandoned streets
Through destructed pathways of her soul
He stumbled upon a light of faith
He sensed a spark of hope

Tune your keys for harmony, he said
Sing to the aria of happiness and dance
And if life tinkered with your melodies
You need not to look up nor glance -

I'll play that tune of happiness
For you I'll cross the lands
I'll dress you with fine fabrics of music
He said: For sadness, you are too grand

She sang to all the notes
Of a composed music piece
He twirled her around in grace
Like wind swaying through leaves

Once again ..

She carries music with her
Every place she goes
It's in the veins of her melodic soul
And with her music she grows

It's in the gleam of her gazing eyes when she observes magnificence
It's in the tear drops of her crying eyes when the keys of her heart hit the wrong notes
It's in her smile that draws melodious beauty on her face
It's in her voice that hums mesmerising harmony ..

And you, can never upset her
Know the things that make you stronger .. Then carry them with you. Always.

Sincerely, Em
Oct 2016 · 475
Chaos
Sincerely Em Oct 2016
Amongst all the things inside of me
Of one thing I am sure
It's that, the many things inside of me
Are like a series of doors -

One leads into the other
And the other into the rest
Then they all pour into a room
In which I am the guest

I'm a visitor in my home
Which every thing and being has overtook
I just observe the utter chaos .. Of me
Hit .. Tossed ..  And torn

The waves, they're crashing in
From my eyes into my soul
I'm pushed into the winds
Of heavily breathing storms

Grounds are like fire to walk on
And falling onto my scraped knees ..
I shiver from the cold inside
Alas, I crumble and cease

Drowning under frozen waters
I find myself above the skies
And the moment I stop to breathe
Everything around me .. It just dies -

As if I inhaled all the air
I think I took away life
I've torn it into shreds, into pieces
Then blew it away with a simple sigh

The ruins all around me
Deeds of my own hands
I only stand up to fall
And fall for one more stand

I'm nowhere
But I'm here
Is that a place?
Am I on ground?

I'm no one
But I'm me

And perhaps I have found ..

Lost thoughts ..
A crowd of dreams ..
A crowd of cries ..

Yet, I don't know what I've found ..
Maybe truth .. Maybe lies

They do all fit together ..
In a way which they don't
It's like looking above ..
Only to see below

Dimensions dance around
As if they're scribbles on a wall
I step closer to understand
But I fall back into that door -

The one that leads into the other
Where others fall into the rest
Then they all pour into one room
My home .. In which I am a guest
Sincerely, Em
Oct 2016 · 490
Things You Do Not Need
Sincerely Em Oct 2016
And the beats .. They drop
And the breaths .. They cease  
And the eyes .. They tear
And the heart .. It bleeds  

For all of what was so very close
But in reality was never to be in reach

The warmth of hugs you never felt
The kisses goodnight you'd never get
The father you've lost is now afar
The mother you seek in shooting stars
The love you carry in your heart so true
The love they crush and throw back at you

The things you want are merely wishes  
Child, save your heart a few less stitches  

Stitches you sewed of scars so deep
Stitches you covered from pain too steep  

Oh darling .. Look at you!

Scratches of life cover your body ..
Your broken ribs suffocate your lungs
Your back bones pull out your soul

They say she's dead anyways.

But she says that ..  

Her scars are beauty marks covering her ..
Her cries are calls of salvation awakening the worlds ..
Her screams are the echoes gushing from caves to mountains ..  
Her bleeding heart is flowing love that fills the seas  ..  

And the things so close but she cannot reach ..
Are perhaps the things she does not need ..
Sincerely, Em

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