Im a devastated and dilapidated wreck
With loads of ******* scattered all around
You'll discover no valuable asset in me
Even if you dig through me for hours
Or drill holes inside me with the sharpest and searing tools you've got
You'll only pierce yourself
And end up with a fairly bruised flesh
With throbbing pain
Dust will cloud your vision
Tears will cascade down your eyes
Grime will clog your lungs
You'll gasp and grasp for breath
Filth will settle on the creases of your palms and will make you feel nauseated
But no treasure will you ever be able to unearth
You'll only find yourself slowly submerged under my derelict mess
Before long
You'll become a part of my shattered dominion

Spoon me
Against your heart
Grant me
Your tranquil warmth
Suture the seams
Of my weathered soul
With your loving gaze
And ardent voice
Hold me
In an eternal embrace
As long as you can

Our hearts beat in perfect harmony
A beautifully orchestrated
Rhythmic melody
Of a love that never ceases
To grow
But glistens with time
Like the sparkling galaxies
So hold my hand
Sit by my side
Lets cherish this love
Our priceless gem
And sing a duet
Meant for you and me

Not enough ink
In my pen
To express myself
With an enticing
poetic brilliance
But more than enough ink
In the same pen
To write my thoughts
Plainly
with unadorned words
And conventional phrases
Often adding
a rhyme or two
To impart
A reading experience
Which I hope
Is at an arm's length
From being dull
and monotonous

Caress my soul
With your silken touch
Let your suppleness
Permeate inside
My parched
And jagged contours
And rouse my deadbeat soul
With a mosaic
Of ambrosial emotions
That have been doused
By my scarred hands
A Long time ago
Let me feast
On your presence
Embrace your scintillating aura
And replenish my ashen complexion
With radiant hues
Let me snuggle within your halo
So I may become whole
Once more

After you've ran for miles and miles
Chasing happiness and it's numerous joys
To quell the restlessness that reigns your insides
And you're tired of promising yourself
That something will happen tomorrow
And you'll hurtle towards a zenith
of everlasting elation and exhilaration
Stop and take a breather
A moment to realize
That this endless wait for a blissful tomorrow
Has been the reason for your distress throughout
it will be
As long as you'll continue to believe
in a delightful tomorrow
rather than an ordinary today
This ordinary today which has all that you need
Even the miracle that you've been waiting for indeed
Embrace it with  open arms
Seek content in whatever it seems to offer
No longer will you hunt for those ever elusive pleasures
For you'll realise
That they were nothing more than a fleeting entity
Lasting satisfaction you will receive
A pristine peace you will find within

Make my
Paper heart
Rustle melodically
By caressing it gently
With your soft fingers
As if you're reading
Your favorite piece
Of prose or poetry
Written upon it
Please don't turn
The page suddenly
After you've read
My story
Bookmark it
And keep coming
Again and again
With a smile
On your face
As if you can
Never get enough
Of it

Im not afraid of the flames anymore
I've been burnt so many times
That these blisters have forgotten
To erode with time
I've stopped using ice
To relieve my anguish now
In this pain
I've carved my home instead

If it's not too late
Then maybe we can
gift ourselves
With another chance
To be us again
I will apologize
For my mistakes
And you can promise me
That your promises won't break
We'll assure each other
That this time around
We'll make efforts
For a smooth sail
We'll weather through the storms
And brave the downpours
But won't end up
Shipwrecked
And desolate

You swore
Staring at me with those dark midnight black eyes
that you saw the most breathtaking galaxies within me
And I willingly granted you
What I thought could be your only wish
To carve an abode there
In the universe of my largest galaxy
the brightest stars and gossamer moons
I wrote your name upon them
Hoping that you'd stay
And they'll shine for you till eternity
Brighter each day
All my untold stories
Secrets and desires that I had confined inside the deepest layers of my being
I released them with a passion
In the lap of your affection
Under the crepescular glow
That shone upon our skin
Dazzled by your heartwarming radiance
I let you gaze and explore all of me
But never thought it'd tire you someday
And you'll yearn to leave
Maneuvering for the moment
When I'll set you free
And see you walk away
Stripping the lustre of the stars in my galaxy
That beamed in your presence
Rendering the resplendent moons ashen
And leaving a nebula of nostalgic memories
Through which my screams
Mourning the stolen twilights and the loss of once luminous stars
In the aftermath of your absence
Will dissipate into the black smoke without  touching the soft folds of your ears

Just write
When goodbyes hurt more than before
When the most beautiful summer afternoon
Fails to lure you out of your room
When you ache to go back and relive that moment just one more time
When you feel forlorn and hopeless
even amid a thousand loving eyes
When you feel exhausted and tired to the bone
But no matter how much you sleep
That tiredness doesn't recedes
But increases fourfold
When your breath comes out in heavy sighs
And sometimes you even wonder
What's the point of breathing at all
Is it useful for me anymore
Don't hold back
The words that you pen are a source of solace
They'll heal you when all else fails
Soon you will be writing
About affectionate greetings and cheerful hellos
About promising new beginnings
And the excitement of crossing new thresholds
The clutches of winter would melt like snow
And you'll write about the day spent playing soccer in your muddy sneakers
Soon you'll count stars in someone's eyes
And write it down with a shy smile
Hope filled words will fill your mind
You'll sparkle with an energy so profound
And sleep like an innocent baby at night
Eager to breathe the fresh air of dawn
Eager to live once again
To realize that you're so precious
You just had to believe in your hidden strength
And keep writing and fighting through it all

You went away
To an unknown place
And I awaited you
Seeking you in an unlimited space
My efforts to reach you
Went only in vain
For I could never fathom
Why you never wanted to see me again
We were so happy
Singing love songs dancing in the rain
Until you announced
That we should take a much needed break
A break which you never meant to renew
As it turns out you were just looking for an escape
Another adventure and another chase
And In her arms you were seeking solace
Forgotten in a breath
Turned to a haze
Oh how naive was i
Thinking I could never be replaced
Living in an illusion
That we could be soul mates
Like the petals of moon
Your love for me waxed and waned
As I walk this road
Where we first kissed and held hands
The memories come raining down
Stabbing me mercilessly as I wince in pain
With no one to hear my cries
and wipe these tears
Itching and burning my face

If I could
I would swallow the tears of your past
Till they cease to stain your cheeks
The bitter taste won't hurt me as much
As seeing your swollen eyes
with hollows beneath
I would harness the heat of a million suns
And try to melt the frost
in which you're submerged neck deep
The fire won't burn me as much
As the ice that resists to be thawed
And the numbness that has besieged you
Refusing to recede
I would wear the darkness
as my favorite jeans
if it refuses to abound your world wherever you see
Won't worry if it makes me look like a creep
If only you believe
that theres hope ahead
Life isn't as bleak as it appears to be
I can do more
If only you speak
Won't care if it hurts me
All I care for is
Will it be enough for you
Will you become how you used to be

Behind the toothy smiles
Plastered on their sunburnt skin
The sons and daughters of bone chilling poverty
And those at the bottom of the social hierarchy
Carry on their lifeless existence
Without as much as a sob escaping their cracked lips
Look once into their eyes
And feel the crushing weight
Of their bottled up longings desires and needs
That they firmly believe
can only be fulfilled in another life
Where the shackles of penury
Won't confine them to an existence
Marked with deprivation and searing inequalities
Try to hear their unheard screams
When those that claim to protect them
Barely provide them with minimum resources
Needed to quench their basic needs
And they sink deeper into the filthy puddle of misery
Wearing the same tattered cloak
In the scorching summer heat
As well as in the the biting winter chill
They've been told not to believe in miracles
Cause their life is pre designed
So they don't air their aches and pains
They swallow it
As a dessert after their barely satiating meals
Inside them lies a hidden ocean full of tears
That would submerge them
If they let it's water leak from their eyes
So they never cry
But watch as mute spectators
Those who've got the means to thrive
Till they breathe their last
And pass their suffering
To those who've just opened their tiny eyes
And are yawning with their little mouths
In the cradle of their arms

In my dreams
The beautiful silence
Of a night shining like onyx
Imbues my mind
With a blissful solitude
In the nocturnal hours
When the slight need of a company
Itches somewhere I cannot reach
While a gentle breeze
Sings dulcet lullabies
And makes me yawn
As I rub my eyes
like a child I grin and fall
In the motherly ***** of sleep
The glowing orb of amber flames
Renews my spirits with its scintillating essence
a deluge of vigor fills my veins
And I eagerly anticipate
The countless joys
That'll slowly unfold
In a myriad of ways
My heart leaps with a buoyant delight
When the hurdles of life
I vanquish
With subtle grace
and an unruffled poise
With rose gold cheeks
That shine with ebullience
I love
Laugh
And thrive

I can dream without you
And I do not wake up in the morning
Thinking about you
I do not wish anymore
How we could have been together
Just me and you
Our love is burned beyond repair
It's ashes have dissipated into the thin air
The reality is mine to endure
I no longer walk with eyes half closed
I have ceased to believe
That what i see is what it actually is
Nothing is as it appears to be
So tread carefully
Even if you are a seasoned warrior
Love can induce cracks
Even in a hardened skin
No, I still believe in wishing upon shooting stars
And swimming in constellations
In someone's eyes like before
As a glimmer of hope refuses to fade
It's undying and fathomless
As the forget me not skies above
Although it hurts a little bit
In the depths of my being
Where I welcomed you
With open arms
and took you in
But the pain is a lot less
And not how it used to be
My heart still beats perfectly
See I'm fine
I can survive
Its not as difficult
As I thought it would be

Outside my window
The colour of the sky at dawn
Resembled your blue eyes
And it's dusky hues at night
Resembled your ebony black mane
Under the warm winter sun
We talked until we ran out of words
You and I
Weren't we the best things
To happen to each other
The sound of our laughter
Echoed through miles
The bond that we shared
Strengthened further as time passed by
Those dimples on your cheeks
Mirrored full moon painted behind stars
And it's crescent shine
Looked like your smile
That crinkled the skin beside your eyes
Do you remember those summer nights
Spent sitting around bonfire
Counting endless fireflies  
Or the way we danced
Under the monsoon rains
Swollen drops gliding across our necks
Maybe you don't recall the soft sea breeze
Brushing our hair away
Softy Kissing upon our forehead
Before whispering in our ears
To always stay with each other
And never blow away
Because Someday we grew old and busy
And went our separate ways
Now I look outside my window
And remember those funfilled days

I'm in love with this boy
Who drinks so much at times
That he fails to recognize me
And pushes me away
Like the cold beer bottle
He just emptied
Before falling on the floor
And closing his eyes for the day
I'm in love with this boy
Who takes days to reply to my messages
But texts me whenever he is bored
He knows that I'll leave everything at once
Just to talk to him whenever he wishes to
He tastes like tobacco and kamikaze shots
Doesn't cares if I wear a **** brown shade
Or an oxblood red
It doesn't makes any difference in the dark
When my mouth he explores
like it's a diamond mine
But his hunger for me subsides
As soon as the sun rises up
I want him to ask me out
for coffee and movie dates
But he only wants to meet me
In hotel rooms and nearby bed and breakfasts
Where he can love me I guess
But I only hear him saying
Are you ready for round two
Sometimes I ask him
How often do you think about me
Do you see us together in future too
To which he tilts his head
And scratches the nape of his neck
Then says
Some questions are better left unanswered
Cause future is uncertain you know
And at that moment
I struggle to hold back my tears
And attempt to smile a bit
I don't know why I love this boy
But I do
And I hate myself for it

The leaves sway
To the rhythm of our heart beats
The balmy breeze
Envelopes our silhouettes
With a tender melody
The flowering shrubs
Exude an ambrosial scent
Which fills the pores of our skin
And makes it glow
with a warm radiance
Even the stars tonight
Have woven a dazzling scenery
Upon the velvety canvas
Of cerulean skies
But none of these things
Can make this night
As beautiful
As your breathtakingly innocent
Genuinely happy smile

I either feel frozen
Frost bitten
Gelid
With lacerating wounds
The blood of which has long been congealed
Even the heat of a thousand suns cannot melt the ice that resides permanently deep within
Or boiling hot
Burning
With searing heat of leaping flames
Spreading tentacles  gliding swiftly
Ready to engulf me
torch my insides
Till I'm nothing but a ball of ash
Dispersed into the invisible wind
There's no in between
How could you hope
To be with me

You have a poetic soul
And I can't help
But fall in love with it
The way you string words
with your deft hands
so exquisitely in a breathtaking sequence
Just to say 'you're beautiful'
The way you sit by my side
And I rest my head upon your lap
Feeling your fingers twirling my hair
Listening to the stories that you've inked
With awe and wonder in my eyes
The way you look at me
with those dark brown  eyes
Like I'm your most guarded treasure
Your finest poem
The words with which you breathe
The sun of your life
Your most wonderful epiphany
The reason you choose to live
Forever for you
Is only me and you
And I can't help
But fall for for you
Every day
Every moment
Time and again

Sometimes the most beautifully illuminated
Sapphire studded night
Turns dour grim and shrouded
In an impeccable darkness
Which becomes difficult to dispel
Sometimes the most breathtaking
Balmy and soft summer afternoon
Which tickles my senses to delight
Turns into a harsh frigid
Biting weather
As the sunlight flooding my veins
Turns into a thick rime
And all I can do
Is sit and stare
With a distant look in my eyes
In moments like these
I ruefully wonder
Had I been more dexterous and less naive
I wouldn't have fallen for the artistically crafted mask of goodness that you wore
To hide the monster inside
Had I been more thoughtful and perceptive
I would have ripped apart your disguise
And never would have concluded to keep you by my side
Had I known your evil intentions
I would have never forged
Such a deep and intimate bond
I would have never experienced
The immortal sorrow
Of a bruised and battered heart
And such bouts of crippling remorse
That would hold their sway
And render my mighty efforts
To stay strong
And always search for bright and light
Feeble and futile
On some days

Let me sit
Under your stoic gaze tonight
Do stroke me with your incandescence
And bestow me some peace of mind
Caress me with your warmth
So I may fall asleep in time
But try not to step inside my dreams
Cause if you do
I might not want to wake up
And watch the world
Without you in sight

I will walk
Till I count
The shades of dusk tonight
Sit near the evergreens
And listen to the countless tales
Of adamantine stars
Scattered like dew drops
Across a vast velvety sky
Waltz with the wind
And let her take me
To a land
As beautiful as paradise
Discover the secrets
That makes the leaves sussurate
Like a group of kids
Planning for their next mischievous act
Let the raindrops
Kiss my skin
Slowly at first
Then with a renewed enthusiasm
And fill me up
With an intoxicating clarity
That'll make me pirouette
Like drunken fool
Oblivious to the slippery sidewalk
Follow the trail
Of a gorgeous moon
And find a place
Whose sublime silence
And soporific ambiance
accentuated by nocturnal melodies
Beckons a tide of rosy dreams
To swirl inside my mind
And make my eyelids droop
With a deluge of delirious joy
Only then I'll walk
Towards my home
And lay my head down
Imbued with sanguine hopes and desires
I'll call it a night
Knowing too well
That when I'll wake up
I'll greet the day
With a smile as warm
as an everlasting sunshine

Love is a collision of infinities
A profusion of profound
And mesmerizing feelings
Which defies all tangible
And transcendental extremities
And ignites a furore
Of compelling desires
And insatiable cravings
Which is able to make a mortal  
shiver unexpectedly
in sweltering heat
As well as dance bare chested
In a biting weather
Fueled by the warmth
Of its sheer ecstasy
I guess it's a part
of God's grand scheme
To make us believe
That magic
Still exists

The distance between
Your balmy zephyr like touch
And my once scarlet
Now bloodless lips
Is getting wider
The strong thick mantle of your embrace
Feels flimsy spectral and diaphanous
The dulcet sound of your voice
That swelled my heart with solace
Has receded beyond hoarse whispers
Puncturing my soul
In pitch black
Eclipse shaped bullet holes
And a smooth black silence
Has devoured every spec of possibility
That can be articulated by you or me
To stop this calamity
from reaching it's ******
But I'm still trying
Do you see
I'm stumbling and fumbling in the dark
Fervently wishing
For the sun to flare with a ferocious intensity
So I can look deep into your eyes
See If there's a splinter of feeling left
And search for the inexplicable reasons
For this abrupt loss emotions
And this unanticipated ending

Why is it that
whenever I find
my way back
After much difficulty
From the depths
Of your eyes
My breath comes out
In heavy sighs
And a faint voice
From a distant corner
In my mind
Gently and softly
But firmly tells me
That the thousand ways
In which I smile
With you by my side
Will only turn
Into fragments
of memories
A few years
Down the line
And the emotions
they'll induce
Will drench me
To the bones
And wash away
Every color
In front of my eyes

This fast paced life
Makes us overlook it's small joys
Not one but many times
Sometimes the tiniest of things
Or a few fleeting moments
Like a daintily blooming flower
Or a child's spotless innocence
If mindfully observed
Can be the sole reason
Behind a soft smile
Gracing a pair of puckered lips
A subtle reminder
That life may seem ugly at times
Nevertheless
It is beautiful

I think I bequeathed
More than half of what was in me to you
I willingly conceded the biggest part of my heart and my soul to you
The thought of you leaving
Made me lose my mind
Such huge portions of myself I surrendered to you
Your presence filled
Every empty corner inside me
Now that you're gone
Taking those immense parts of me with you
I've no idea who I am anymore
A half dead human maybe
I hear I'm still alive
But I find it difficult to breathe
And my heart barely beats
I fail to recognize the person who stares at me with glazed eyes
When I look in the mirror
I had absolutely no clue
That loving someone
Would bring so much pain
I guess the fault is mine
I loved you too much
Way more than you could handle
In this life

Some days
I feel as desolate
As a martian landscape
And my mind becomes
A large island
Which harbors thoughts
That ignite a tsunami of emotions
Against which my resistance turns weak
And I most definitely sink
In those days
I contemplate the futility of my existence
And wish to fade away
With the following sunset
Cause my attempts to think optimistically
Makes me feel like a lunatic
Who's in a persistent state of denial
About a bitter and sad reality
Which renders a sense of calm and comfort
On days
Other than these

Perhaps only a few souls
Are bowing their heads
And Clasping their fingers
Maybe a handful
Are kneeling down
And folding their hands
Probably not many
Are stepping inside
Temples churches
Or minarets
Or even remembering
The vital teachings of messiahs and prophets
Perhaps most of them
Are busy holding grudges against each other
Watering seeds of envy and hate
Rather than planting trees of kindness and compassion
Many seem to be blinded
by a monstrous desire
To acquire name and fame
And are ready to play ***** games
Stoop as low as they can
And stain their skin
With the blood of those
Who could possibly bruise their ever expanding ego
And blight their ruthless endeavors
A vindictive spirit has exorcized forgiveness
From the nature of many
And they're spewing venom
Which is infecting a steadily growing population
Thus the old rule
Majority wins minority loses
prevails
Not surprisingly
Humanity is collapsing
Every passing minute and day

Will you catch me
when I fall
Like a dried autumn leaf
Will you soothe me like a mellow breeze
when I burn
Like searing hot bricks
Will you color my pallid skies
When my vision is blurred
with leaden gray clouds
Will you shine like the crepescular light
When my thoughts drown
In the dark horizon
Filled with melancholic void
Will you try to be the reason
That would curl my lips in a smile
Whenever I struggle
To see through misty eyes

The day begins with a badly burned tawny sun rearing its head up impatiently waiting for the dusk to gather and ends with a pale ashen moon casting its feeble light in vain to diminish the overwhelming darkness all around.But i'm determined to see more than this.Tell me that the sun is beaming today kissing the sky a scintillating golden revealing a most breathtaking summer afternoon and the moon's lustre is beckoning me to spend the night under its ethreal radiance and i'll believe you.
The distended day feels like a colourless ocean and i dont know how to swim.So i spend my time thrashing its vacuous waves struggling to remain just above its surface so i can almost breathe with a slight difficulty.But i intent on feeling more than this.Hold my hand,crack a few inane jokes. I'll laugh so hard you'll have to press your hands to your ears but the sound of laughter in an empty house always echoes thunderously isnt it.I feel incredibly  peaceful when the heavy night surrounds me
Its my refuge my sanctuary till dawn breaks mercilessly through my window and shatters the thick layers of brooding silence all around me.The thrumming universe outside
rarely alights my curiosity.I'm a mute spectator when i step outside,hardly discernible specially when the sudden onslaught of wind knocks me down at a desolate corner of the street.But if you try to show me that the hush of the morning is filled with serenity and is more blissful than the sulking silence of the night then i'll readily abandon my sanctuary .Tell me that my footsteps have the strength to carve fissures on this earth and the pulsating rhythm that i hear outside can be heard from inside of me too.I will be genuinely interested then in exploring the different facets of life with you.Will you just try a little bit to make me believe slowly that i'm capable of living like you and not just existing like this?i insist that you do so.

Lately you've turned into a source of distress rather than delight
The way you act is confusing the **** out of me
Its getting difficult for me to stretch my patience further each day
I hope you wear a stable demeanor soon
Cause sometimes I can foresee myself
Breaking apart with exasperation
I wish I could yell at your face
Tell you to stop being so pathetic
I'm not that ****** job that you took for granted till you were expelled
I'm not one of those cheap rubber squeeze ***** that you twist and toss to relieve your stress
I won't keep smiling like them
You need to stop kicking me like I'm your punching bag
Whenever you need to release your pent up frustrations
I'm a human with feelings and emotions
At the core of her being
I'm just quiet because I don't want to ruin
Whatever's between us
I don't want to watch you leave
Without giving me a second glance
I'm quiet because I believe that this turmoil between us would end somehow
I just hope that it ends soon
I hope you become someone
Whom I once knew

Seems like I'm a mute spectator
Watching the world rush outside my window
Everyday holds a new promise
The excitement of fresh beginnings
The surprises of unusual experiences
I see them building something out of nothing
Getting tanned in the heat
Chasing their goals on broken feet
That calm in their eyes after a rough day
As they sip their favorite brand of tea
In the company of their beloved
Is worth staring at
And here I am
Yawning through a day
That began yesterday and hasn't finished yet
Sipping the same brand of tea and coffee since years
Unable to step out of my house
Because the sun burns me so bad
Sinking back into the stale comfort of my bed instead
Stuck in a labyrinth of what ifs and maybes
Trying to reach a threshold
But the finish line is nowhere in sight
Wading through the water at the slowest speed possible
Feeling my pulse drop lower and lower
Perhaps I shouldn't look out of the window at all