What happens when walls fall
And bridges burn...
When our deeds outrun
And memories lie forgotten...
When our dreams come true
Or die ever unfulfilled
When jealousy marries adultery
And pain stops hurting
Will we turn to animals or worse?
Will we be ever be even?
Or will you hold me now
And silence my fears
So we can never see that day...!
I do wonder how it goes from here
You. Me. Us.
I'm scared, no, terrified
Of the limitless sea of possibilities
And to think of fishing out
A single quaint shell..
They're all here.
Dark and not so dark.
Plain and not so plain.
Deep and not so deep.
Will we fish for a shell, my love
Or shall we bleed with a sharkbite?
Hold my hand will you!
Oh! You're shaking too!
Oh don't you confuse between
A shrimp and a prawn
Or would you just have an oyster instead?
I wonder how we can cast these nets
Far and wide, or small and deep
Will we catch game
Or get caught, cut and bleeding
Trapped in our own nets
But I guess..
We take chances, don't we love?
A chance between a raft and a dinghy
A chance between a net and a rod
A chance between you and me!
A chance between holding hands or skipping away..!
I'm glad you're here..
Perhaps also that your hand shakes as mine..
Definitely glad it's intertwined in mine
There may be darkness outside
But our eyes twinkle brighter
than every inferno there was or will be
There shall always be a sunset
But let's ride into the sunrise first
I'm more.
More than my smile, my eyes
More than my body: my front and my back
More than my sweat or my perfume
I'm more, much more than my tired breath
I'm more than my success,
Certainly far more than my failures.
I'm more than my moods, my tears
More than my clothes
More than my shoes
I'm more.
I'm more than my weight
More than the gradesheet and the resumé
More than the words I write
More than the acts I don't
More than the promises I won't
I'm more than the lines on my palm
More than what the stars align for me
More than what the crystal ball says
Yes, I'm more.
I'm more than my internet page
More than my status updates
More than the gifts I get
More than the friends I beget
More than the men I date
I'm more than what you know.
I'm more than what you think of me.
I'm more a person than you deem me to be
I'm more than the shackles that hold me back
Or the trail that I leave behind
More than the charity I give
More than the love you seek
More than my acts prove me to be
I'm more. Much more.
And no one can take it away from me.
Outstretched, heightened..
My hands can barely reach you anymore
From the oasis of your love
All I see now are the glimpses of nothing
In this barren desert of loss
Your memories light up like stars at night
Illuminating a sea of nothing
By scattered specks of lost joys
My body, tired of wandering across the sands
Still can't sleep in the shadows of dead hope
Nor succumb to the vultures waiting
How did this happen?
Us?
Did the angel really take you away?
Because I can't seem to get rid of your thoughts
Your words, your love
Are you in a happy place now?
I hope so dear.
Just don't look back and smile, like every time you did.
