The Past

There were so many times
When we walked by each other
And I would wonder if you remembered
I so badly wanted to say hi,
I so badly wanted to smile at you,
But I fear I was part of the forgotten
So I shrunk back, shy and silent.

Finally I picked up the courage,
And took a step forward
Into the past
And held out my hand
For you to hold,
So we can travel back in time
Together.

Concentration Gradient

Flow flow flow
Flow toward the emptiness
And fill it up
With all that it lacks

Flow flow flow
Flow with the rage and fire
Focus it on some goal
And it will be reached

Flow flow flow
Flow into the ocean
So that I may find peace
In familiarity

Flow flow flow
Flow at a ferocious speed
Channeling soul in everything I do
So you are immersed in my love

Pendulum

Hypnotic,
As I sway side to side
Listening to delicious words
That came out of that mouth
Of yours
The same one
That uttered profane language
When something doesn't go right
The same one
That opened and asked
For a taste of food that's still cooking
The same one
That sang to me
When I was feeling down
The same one
That confessed to me
Secrets, feelings, and love
The same one
That stamps its mark
On my lips.

Forever hypnotized.

The Weight of Words

I stood in the rain
Watching the water splatter on me
Each drop bouncing off my skin,
Jumping off of my body onto the next surface

I can feel your words
They are invisible,
They are something I can't hold
Yet they penetrate and pierce right through me

Running

Like water spilled over the edge
I'm crashing to the ground

I'm a yolk broken in the hot, dark frying pan
My insides splattered over black and white

I'm tied to the kite
The little girl refuse to let fall

I'm the piece of thread in your shirt
That got caught in some sharp object

I'm a clothe that held too much dye
The colours dispersed in your laundry

Like a pair of old running shoes
I'm loved then discarded.

Nothing

I am in a languid state of mind
Where nothing feels real
Nothing feels fake
I am just a molecule that exists

I feel like the sand in quicksand
Giving in to some unknown force
Sinking and sinking
Ending up in darkness

I am water on a hot summer's day
Evaporated and forgotten
Drifting off to somewhere
Only the earth knows

Madness

There are vultures in the sky
Circling round and round
Finding prey in me

There is a nagging pain in my heart
Like a rose prick that I've swallowed
Lodged at the most fertile place

Your deep voice boomed in the air
Echoing for all eternity
Like the sound ripples from a rifle

There is an itch deep within my soul
Constantly wanting attention
But cannot be relieved

I keep running,
But I keep wounding up at the same place
I keep running,
But I keep wounding up at the same place
I keep running,
But I keep wounding up at the same place

So I stop.

Absent

I watched in silent observation
How your eyebrows are bunched up
As if in concentration,
Trying to solve the answer to life
But you're just thinking
Of materialistic ways to make me happy

I sleep on a tear-stained pillow
Showing signs of memory time travel
I'm not missing the past
I'm just missing you
Where are you really,
In the structure of flesh and bones,
Where is your heart?

End of the World

There is pounding,
The pavement rumbles
There is screeching overhead
The stoic buildings crumble
As the once-blue sky erodes
To frightening colours
Darkness streaks the air
The tattered man who prophesied
All this, scrambled for his life,
Not believing his own words
Yet bragging about the impending doom
The once-stern businessmen
Begins to find humour in this
Insanity, hysteria arises
They are all running
To unknown places
Struggling for an answer,
For a way out
But there isn't.

I lay in your arms
Under the apple tree
I'm dreaming of galaxies
Far away from here
We're jumping from planet to planet
Putting stars in our pockets
As we eke away from existence

I pull back into the present
And I smile at your bravery
There is a twinkle in your eyes
That affirms everything
There is a calm tenderness in our hearts
We acknowledge the truth
Without fear or panic
There is nothing to regret
For we didn't need a catastrophe
To confirm our love,
No realization to be reached
And in this chaotic change
Our love remains still,
In this moment.