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Prickly as a cactus
Cunning as a fox
A pretty live wire
A Jack in the box.
Sweet Marie
A burning flame
You need to
Lighten up
To play
The loving game.
You have a kind heart
Beautiful eyes,
Exterior so hard
You make the sun cry.
I will persevere
To bring out the
Kindness in you
Break through the hardness
It’s what I shall do.
 Aug 8 Jimmy silker
Mira
How much of me must fall before your gaze,
How many walls must crumble into dust,
To show the soul that hides behind this maze,
And prove that love is more than hope or trust?

You see the shape my hands have built with care,
But not the heart that beats to match your own.

I rise, not just to earn a place up there,
But so beside you, I’ll be fully known.
No throne I seek, nor glory’s fleeting flame—
Just quiet nearness when the veils descend.

And if fate lifts the curtain on my name,
I pray you’ll meet not stranger, but a friend.
For every step I take is meant to be,
The road that leads my hidden self to thee.
A very very dear aunt, you are
For me, deeply do you care
Always providing sound advice
You've made me quite wise!

A very very dear aunt, you are
Seldom, do you bore
Indulgent and strict at the same time
You manage to stay calm
In a variety of situations
Tremendous, is your patience!!

A very very dear aunt, you are
A few losses, you've had to suffer
However, forever have you been strong
Stopping at nothing
To get any sort of work done
With you around, can nobody feel alone!!

A very very dear aunt, you are
Almost like a second mother
Your home too, my second home
My quirks, you give not a ****
Because, you see the good in everyone
For me, a lot you've done
I'll always be grateful
You've helped me keep my cool
Whenever I've been under stress
Extremely useful, are your gifts!!

A very very dear aunt, you are
And will be forever
Soon, may we meet
Take care and stay upbeat!!
Dedicated to Shobana Chithi, one of my closest aunts.
 Aug 8 Jimmy silker
Mira
Here, I suffer—not from wounds of flesh,
But from the torment of the mind’s cruel mesh.
Each thought a thread, each thread a chain,
Binding my soul in silent pain.

I am abused by time’s relentless hand,
That parts two hearts meant to stand.
Not in conflict, nor in spite,
But by the ticking of day to night.

Time does not wound like blade or flame,
It steals in silence, without name.
It pulls you far, while I remain,
A shadow wrapped in sweet refrain.

I call your name in midnight air,
But only echoes answer there.
My heart still knows the rhythm true
Of every breath that once was you.

Yet I believe—no, I know—deep down,
Fate will not let this love be drowned.
Time, too, shall one day weave,
Two destined souls it will conceive.

If I had the power, I’d hold time still,
Freeze the stars by sheerest will.
Let sun and moon forget their dance,
To give our story one more chance.

I’d build a world where clocks don’t chime,
Where love exists outside of time.
A space untouched by age or end,
Where soul meets soul, as lover and friend.

And there we’d stay—beyond space’s will—
In silent peace, in golden still.
No ticking hours, no fleeting start,
Just the eternal union of soul and heart.
Another frightening dream
Prayers for my dad
4:49 a.m.
Sweet Sir Galahad

I play for my team
I wake, I take, I write
Back to troubled sleep
Looking for the light

                  alright.
In the noose on a dusty loft
or the thunderous champagne fizz,
in the so everlasting mist
of this life, so unjust and morose
what gentler death there is
than to the hand of love?
Death is a tricky theme. If I were to choose a way to move on it would leaving my life at the grace of someone I love.
Up to the trees I go,
Further north where fresh water flows.
Travel preparations with my heart aching,
Home is where I’m free,
Left alone just to be.
Not in this gloomy place,
Not within this heat wave.
Like a pioneer,
I pack my bags,
Leaving behind the places I know,
In search of the places,
Where I’ll grow.
I’m on the road, making my way up to the mountains. Travel is good for the soul, you shouldn’t dwell in the same places for too long.
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