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I used to count the hours until the moon awakened
and the stars blanketed the blackness of the sky.
I fought through the heaviness of my eyelids,
managing to stay awake long enough to answer your call.

My nights were encompassed in your stories, thoughts…laughter.
I was tainted with infatuation.
Every night I was wasted in your love,
and not once did it cross my mind that this was dangerous.

Now I loathe every passing hour of the day.
I kiss the sun goodnight, praying that it would return soon
so that I am not alone for long.
I now pray for my eyes to grow heavy,
knowing you would no longer call.

My nights are now encompassed in the ghosts
of your stories, thoughts…laughter.
I am tainted with loneliness;
wasted by your love.
The only thing in my mind
is that I should have known you were dangerous.
If I were to mindlessly meander the streets
That you told me were all in my thalamus, I
Would find the edge of Earth, devastated
And barren. Then I would contently sit on the
Brim and toss broken asphalt into the somber
Chasm and listen for echoes that remain absent.
I would welcome the silence into my
Lonesome and say, “Thank you for
Reminding me that this is all  my imagination.”
 Nov 2013 Elton Mascarenhas
Lizzy
Just smile and say
"No really, I am ok"
Underneath, you cry
It was originally just a very short poem, but I decided to put it into haiku form instead.
 Nov 2013 Elton Mascarenhas
lxst
i'm fascinated by the tenderness of your lips
my weakness is the way your body moves
i crave the passion in your eyes
i lust after your softness of your skin on mine
my mind is not at ease until we feel as one
i need your soothing touch
 Nov 2013 Elton Mascarenhas
saach
Should I stop?
Stop trying to become the body that I'm so unfamiliar with.

Would you like me then?

Or should I cry?
Lie at your feet; shaking, bleeding.

Would you understand me then?

Is it too much for me to ask;
for you to break down the walls,
and see me for what I am?

Only human.
A new beginning
Unknow to the world
And unknown to myself
To truly be myself
When no one is there to see
Friends away family gone
I'm finally free again
You open fire on my smiling skull.
Why would you follow my failing pull?
So alone. So wrong!
So why even sing this mistaken song?
My failed path should not be retraced by anything but the Maker's wrath.
But do I hath anything to say to defend my choice?
Nothing that I would want to come from my voice.
 Nov 2013 Elton Mascarenhas
K Mae
you have gone
but not from me
you walk in beauty
matching stride
in song forever
over the rainbow
stormy weather
summertime
not forgotten
understood
Screaming with no words
So **** loud nobody could hear
What was said that you would hear? Only an echo from a mouth
To, and through your ear
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