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You urged me to leave, to fly,

to conquer this life.

But my wings feel heavy,

a descent into the raw, relentless pain

of a love that both shaped us and shattered us,

leaving wounds that time only deepens.



Music is stained by you,

you’re woven into every note,

recalling to me both what you gave

and what you took away.

Your pain bleeds through every lyric,

questioning me,

forcing me to question myself:

Is it my memory that chains you to the dark?

When will songs ever lose your echo?



I hope you found peace in my songs for you.

And they make your soul rest,

like it did in my arms.

My love falling around you

like a perfect harmony,

a warm melody that lingers,

but that failed to heal.
This was written for the kind of love that carves itself into every song you hear, even long after it’s gone. The kind that feels like both your beginning and your undoing. I wrote this from the space where music becomes memory, and memory becomes mourning. If you’ve ever loved someone so deeply that even silence hums with their echo, this is for you.
gway Jun 24
all you are - your body, your soul
it's handmade.
can allay all my pain deep inside that's tearing my throat.
frostbitten hands, chapped lips and the seam has come apart on the wound but,
you're a dragon woven of diamonds,
a lioness shrouded in a thousand soffits,
and only a look from you can heal all my disease.

it might seem like we're so far apart
but inside you are really adored in my heart.

the flame inside me is so blazing,
I'm a volcano that woke up a hundred years later from sleep.
but do not pull your hands, I know, if you touch - you will burn your fingers.

and I wanna keep you as inviolable as you've always been.
Shiva Chauhan Jun 22
Isn't the sunrise lovely:
"I still love you, but I won’t hold you back."

It captures that quiet ache of letting go with grace. The sunrise here symbolises acceptance, the start of a day without them, and the painful beauty of moving forward.

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We were talking, we were laughing,
We walked down the street together,
Looked up at the sky, shining,
Isn't the moon lovely, my forever?

It's hard to keep love a secret, for sure,
Yet I chose not to tell your eyes divine,
For your worth is inestimable, mon amour,
I'm dying to hold your hands and call you mine.

You make me complete, you're my home,
Your aroma, your gestures, your spark, oh so sweet,
With you, I find solace, never to roam,
Your presence, my sanctuary, is all I need.
In quiet moments, with you, everything feels like home.
Shiva Chauhan Jun 21
Hi my favourite, it’s been quite a while, it feels like forever. I wanted to talk, but couldn’t. I know you must have noticed. How have you been? I hope everything’s going well. Are you eating your meals properly? How’s school? Life isn’t the same anymore; it’s lost its sparkle, its cheer.

Anyway, dear,
here’s a poem for you.

In the times of my confession,
I adored you more than life's possession,
You have a place in my heart for time's Long cession,
I love you beyond measure, my humble expression.

I miss those late night chats, the early morning calls, do you?
Every other day, you're on my mind, that much is sincerely true.
But it seems, maybe, you don't, or do you?
It's fine, I get it, but I wonder, do you?

I'll wait,
For it's love my dear, not waste.
A heartfelt message wrapped in poetry, softly confessing love, lingering memories, and the quiet pain of waiting. It’s not just words… it’s what the heart couldn’t say out loud.
Ginku-kugos ko an ulunan nga imo gin gamit.
Samtang an mahagkot nga hangin naharumhom ha akon panit.
Nag-hihinulat ha imo pag-balik, bisan san-o, bisan diin.
Gin-gapos ha tuna han mga hinumduman nga nagpa-bilin.

Gin-tuman ko an aton saad ha ilarom han kahoy
Nga mag-huhulat ako bisan an kalibutan magubot ngan magmasamok.
Iilubon an kamingaw nga ha dughan nag-aawit
Aantuson an duro nga  kasubo ngan kapait.

Ngan umabot gihap an takna nga ak' ginpamulat
An im' pag-balik ha akon kasingkasing nag-aghat
Napuno'n kalipay, pag-laum sugad hin balagun nga kumanap.
Saksi an langit, unta dire la patahap.

Ngan yana kay aanhi ka na man
Pipiriton ko pag-huring an imo ngaran
Pamad-a na an luha ha im' mata, sipat la ha ak' bayhon.
Samtang hangkop mo an ladawan ha bawbaw han akon lungon.

🍂🌻
English Translation:

I held the pillow you once knew,
As the cold wind whispered, piercing through.
Awaiting your return, come when, come where,
Bound to this earth by memories we share.
Beneath the tree, our promise I kept true,
To wait though chaos brewed, and worlds turned new.
To bear the longing, singing in my breast,
Endure the sorrow, bitter and unblessed.
And then the moment, long yearned for, came to be,
Your presence stirring hope within my heart, you see.
Joy overflowed, like vines that gently creep,
Heaven as witness, may this promise deeply keep.
And now that you are finally here,
Your name, I'll try to whisper near.
Dry now the tears that dim your sight, and gaze upon my face,
While you embrace the image on my coffin's final resting place.
Zywa Jun 21
Forty, I still have hope
The glands in my ******* engorge
the desire, with big eyes

I bounce between decency
and groping, tripping
over crooked paving stones

spying for an opportunity
Where is my husband now
that I need him

to go for me?
Doesn't he smell my need?
I pull up a leg

my wrap skirt falls open
Half-hidden my butterfly
the promise of my powder puff
Farfalla = butterfly, *****

Her powder puff: Il suo piumino da cipria, from the story "La signora Speranza" - I ("Mrs. Hope", 1903, Luigi Pirandello)

Collection "Eyes lips chest and belly"
Shiva Chauhan Jun 20
In the echoes of love untold,
The very heart I kept her hold,
Burned and ripped apart, my soul,
I shall sit and request my tears to fold.

She's not coming back, I know, I do,
I choose waiting, that's surely true,
The love I once had, so divine,
Oh, I'm dying to call her, "MINE".
Still waiting… even when I know she won’t return.
Zywa Jun 20
In nice clothes I wait

and await, it takes so long --


before you touch me.
Collection "Local tardiness"
Shiva Chauhan Jun 19
In the tomorrows yet unseen,
My love for her, a constant stream.
One day she'll see, one day she'll know,
The depth of love I couldn't show.
Just a quiet hope… that one day, she’ll know.
mysterie Jun 20
i don't miss her per se
not really-
not the way she stirred her coffee counter-clockwise
or how she spoke my name
ever so softly
like a secret
no one else could hold

i miss the feeling
of her-
that imagined life
woven in between shared glances
and almosts
the home i built
in her soft
gummy smile
before i saw the cracks

i miss what never even happened
the parallel version of us
the ones who stayed.
is that still missing her?
or just missing
being wanted
by someone
who never really could?

my ache has no address
no home
yet it answers
to her name
every time
like it's all i know
like she's all i know
hiraeth, a deep longing for something, especially ones home.

date wrote: 20/6/25
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