In The Woods

Hey, everyone! I haven’t been active here for a long time but today I was suddenly inspired to write something and post it here. So here it is! My love for the supernatural is no big a secret and this one here is just something like that. I hope you like it!

 

 

 

 

 

Far, far into the deep he walks alone

Every bird, every leaf sighing in silence

A gust of wind that caresses his face.

His heart pounding, sweat dripping

He moves on through the misty woods.

A sight awaits him, a strange one

A flight of stairs that lead to heaven and beyond.

One touch and he’s taken over,

A swirling fog and him in the midst.

Touches, soft ones, of fingers like petals

Brushes, gentle ones, of lips of feather

Little nips of teeth, sharp ones, on his skin.

Ecstasy courses through his veins

Blood gushes faster as he cries out

In joy at first, but pain eventually

And terror takes over,

For the touches of love

Treacherous they have turned,

Revealing creatures diabolic,

Feasting on his life force.

 

I’d appreciate your thoughts on this very much! 

Lonely, in the Dark

Hello. It’s been a while but here’s a new poem.

I am here, standing
And a glance behind reveals all-
I am alone, nobody here to flank me.
My eyes turn ahead and I see it,
Approaching me – my destiny,
My war and mine alone, so I’ve learnt.
I look around me for guidance.
I plead silently for assurance
But I hear nothing except
My lonely pounding heart.
Why do I not search within me,
For the assurances, the help I seek,
I have wondered, plenty.
But now at last I know the reason;
It’s because the light inside
Is so broken, it refuses to even flicker.

When It Strikes Me

Sometimes it just hits me,
How life is so different
Than I ever thought it would be,
How much I’ve changed.
Those moments,
They leave me breathless,
And at other times,
They have me sucking in a deep breath.
It has me brace myself,
As the enormity of the moment
Strikes me out of nowhere.
I look around me and see
How I’m no longer in my comfort zone.
Yet I’ve found comfort
Among this wilderness called life.
In the end, I realise that
What matters is that I survived.

P.S- I can’t believe it’s been a year already. 😀

At The River Bank

Hello everyone. It’s a been a long time since I’ve written anything. But here’s something I wrote right now. Hope you like it!

She stood draped by the darkness,
At the banks of the roaring river,
Her hair wild, free and open
With her back to me.
I watched her inch closer,
Walk on ahead in a trance,
Her face a mask of calmness.
But I felt it, the tremble in her heart,
Saw the quiver of her fingers
And the slightest of the falters in her steps.
Waist deep in, the water caressed her,
Trying to soothe that endless pain.
Neck deep in now and with bent knees,
She disappears, the water claiming her as its own.
But now I see her better
Her brightness lighting up my vision,
It was time, I felt it then.
I walk in after her now and gently clasp her hand,
Leading her out, to my awaiting carriage.
Her warm soul embraces me, thawing my cold heart.
She was mine now, for eternity
As morning would find her floating body –
The simple aftermath
Of the visit paid by Death himself.

Please do let me know what you think!

Mumbai

Far beyond, across the seas,
The yachts go up and down
Her waves hit the shore
In white frothy bliss.
Stars strewn across
The night orange sky
Street lights shimmer in the dark
Truly like a Queen’s Necklace, it is.
As cars zoom past the roads
And lazy dogs stray across the footpath
The occasional tourists are spotted
Clicking away for fond memories.
It’s this that I’ve fallen in love with!
The fast paced yet languid strollers
The rush of the crowd
As they push their way into the local trains.
Life moves on quickly
It’s the city of dreams, after all.
Many are broken while many are made
This is Mumbai meri jaan!

Inspiration

It’s just an idea that popped into my head. I don’t know how it has turned out. But do let me know please!

She was sick and tired,
Many a help she hired
But could write not one word
As much as her heart yearned.

She screamed out, “Inspire me!”
To the world, angry
She cried, “Make me feel,
So that I can write to heal.”

And then he came along,
Helping her get back on her feet, before long.
She didn’t need to write anymore
He had become her cure.

Soon that wasn’t enough
She needn’t something more tough.
She needed another inspiration
He promised he would give her one, in admiration.

But one moment was all it took
For her, as her world shook.
She now always came home late
With the food gone cold in the plate.

That night, she came in to see
Her husband she’d cheated on for a week,
Hanging from the ceiling, waiting for a cremation,
With a note on the floor that said, “Was that enough inspiration?”

Follower

I followed her everywhere
I followed her wherever she went
I followed her footprints in the sand
I followed her long billowing hair
And I’d follow her to the end of the world.
But then, in the end,
She left me all alone and broken
Held hostage by her thoughts
But also, by those surly men I see, outside my cell.
She branded me a stalker, after all,
Because following her was my passion
But to her and others it was a crime!

Strangers

New friends, online
Far apart from each other
Yet so nearby.
You chat everyday
Share details, wary at first
Strangers after all.
Time sees the friendship bloom
Never have met, yet feel so close.
But then life changes,
Pulls you in directions opposite
Now chatting everyday
Seems like a luxury.
That’s okay, you think
We’re busy with everything.
You say you’ll understand.
But really, do you?
You wait and wait for that message
It never comes.
Months go by
And you decide to take the first step.
Message sent, double tick.
You wait with anticipation.
One day, two days, three days, no reply.
Must be busy, you tell yourself,
Be the bigger person, not clingy!
Four days, blue ticks at last!
But five days, six days, no reply yet.
Ignoring you, okay.
What went wrong, you wonder.
‘Are you that boring to be around?
That desperate?’, You think.
Oh you are, you feel, desperate and insecure.
Ugh, why?
Waiting and waiting,
Nothing happens.
Delete, delete, delete,
Every last item of significance.
Friendship broken,
Pride intact.
Year later,
The same time again
Onslaught of memories come your way.
And you wonder how,
Friends then, strangers now!

Beyond Repair

You’ve been my shadow forever.
Always nearby when there’s a crisis,
Yet never overpowering.
I feel your presence always
It’s so distant but so persistent.
Often it slips my mind,
Your selfless love.
Yet you’ve loved me with all your heart,
Never asked me for anything in return.
I feel your sorrow, often at my expense
But that smile – I never do see it slip.
I pine after what I never can have,
I run after people who never needed me,
But you did, you do and I’m never there.
I love those that can never love me like you.
But you’re so close and still I can’t love you so.
Why do I never feel your heart beating
But wish someone else’s did?
Why do you have to be so selfless
When I deserve none of it?
Why do you love me still
When all I am is broken?
All I do is break your heart
But you always return.
I fear the day you never will
I fear the day you’d have had enough
For I’ll always need you
But I still can’t stop running.
I still hurt you
Knowing you are worth so much more.
I’m lucky you’re here,
And you’re unlucky to have loved me.
Because all I am is broken –
Beyond repair by even your love.

Love

I sat down
By  the sea.
I ran a hand
Down my cheek.

I had fallen in love
Exactly at this spot.
With you right beside me,
All beautiful and calm.

I studied your features
Day and night.
I saw you
For who you were.

I see you everywhere
Yet I seem invisible
To you
And your heart.

This is painful,
Loving you.
But I’d rather love you
Than die having not.

That day I confessed,
You left your fingerprints on my face.
That disappeared
But not the crack in my heart.

Soon, I see you with him,
You’re laughing.
I suppose  you were happy now
You never did need me, after all.

Years flew by
You disappeared from my world.
Then you suddenly appear one day,
Broken inside and out.

Those marks on your face,
Similar to what you left on mine
That cracked lip
Like the crack you gave my heart.

Is this payback?
You don’t seem to care.
You don’t even fight anymore.
But I need you to.

Will you see me this time?
I’d forgive you in a heartbeat.
Do you need me now?
I’ve always been around.

But this time around
I shan’t hold a flame to you.
I was burnt once
I shan’t be, twice.

I still love you though, I always have.
But you’ve shown me
How to love myself first, always
And that, I never will forget.