The Best & The Worst

If i would write a thousand poems,
To tell you what i feel
Or say that I love you
What would that reveal?
When what we have
Is deeper than love, babe,
and more complicated in a way.
I like your presence around me
You're my iced tea on a summers day
If it was up to me, babe,
We'd never go our separate ways
Oh, I would challenge you to find
Another man who sees what I see
But if you know me by now
I'll hope you always come up empty
Because you bring out the worst in me.
Its a compliment
Don't be upset, babe
It was never meant
to hurt your feelings
Its just that you are so amazing
You make me wonder
If i deserve to be with you
So i get jealous
of all the people who get close to you
I can be such a child
I'm so afraid to loose you
After all, Its because of you
I'am not a man of yesterdays
Because of you, who eased the fall with a warm embrace
Because of you, I think of love as a happy place
I learnt to dream, because of you
Stepped out of my box, because of you
who turned that box into a home
I can never be alone, because of you
And though I'm hopeful that me and you will be together someday
If you met another man along your way
I would learn to let you go
Yes, I'm thankful
For the man you made of me
I had thought that was all I could be
But darling, you brought out the best in me.

Night never ending

The hours of the night, never ending, and stars all across the sky dimmed down, allow the moon to mourn, while the wind blows silent and the clouds weep on the land. Fear consumed them all, a few broken spirits and the dead remain, only the cruel could feel no pain, hope has deserted but left an eternal flame. Outside this room lies a sea of bodies with waves of men, women and children and beyond this sea, a fence that leads to daylight. Many have sailed this sea but not survived the storm of thunderous bullets that come pouring down. I was one of those who swam across currents of machine gun fire and against the echoes of drowning souls, under the watchful eyes of the planets and high tides of gloom. I was one of those who was crippled and locked inside a room where the hours of the night are never ending....

“A necklace that never grows old”

For as early as I can remember

before I took my first steps

and long before I could speak

it has etched its place by my side

on the same place it was some twenty years ago

with pieces of silver that gleamed in the moonlight

and those black threads, as dark as my wandering soul,

battling the elements bravely

to sit around my neck and hang just above my heart

close enough for me to see them jostle and move about

melodiously in sync to his beats

but as time galloped ahead since then

leaving a dust covered past behind

those black threads have unravelled with age

and feel coarse from everyday wear and tear

the smell of innocence that lingered in their knots has fleeted

even those pieces of silver that jingled to a beat and a drum

have stiffened and lost their shine,

they know, like I, all too well now that life has gotten shorter for them

so they sit further away from my heart

and I ever hopeful, have tried to mend their broken ends

to rekindle the flame that was burnt out by the dark

yet, all it took was a gift from a lover

a piece of silver engraved with Cupid and Persephone

a symbol of challenges overcome by loves eternity

to spread youth like a raging wild fire

that no one dares to put out.

“Who I ‘am” .

It’s not my will to travel down this road but I ‘am,

Where the wind blows and wherever it stops, I ‘am.

Ploughing the cotton fields and planting seeds, come rain or sunshine,

My hands shackled and feet confined, a slave to the system - I’ am.

Wilde’s nightingale searching for crimson roses in winter time,

Another of cupid’s sacrificial lambs to be slaughtered- I’ am.

Dali’s elephants reflecting the image of graceful swans on a lake,

At night a dreamer, at day a flawed man- I know not who I’ am.

One of Sinatra’s timeless records playing “the way you look tonight”,

I may grow older but from the memories made, an immortal - I ‘am.

The earth in my universe.

I love not Mars, I love not Saturn, I love the one that life has chosen, She sits in the center of my heart, amidst brief moments of hope and dreams that are lost to the dark, And When she moves, I follow her closely, with the comfort of the moon and the warmth of the sun, for all her moods and those yet to come, until the end is near and this love is done. She is the earth in my universe.

Where the words have gone.

Where the words have gone I don’t know,

When I think of all we've done,

I remember those conversations,

That carried on through the night,

Across waters, in the cover of daylight,

They were memories of moments,

I will not forget,

I hope you will not forget.



I am in the dark now, with you gone,

Waiting patiently for the rising sun.

You are to me, like a body to a shadow,

Often I have sought your advice,

Often we reminisced about life,

You are a friend, You are more,

I will not forget,

I hope you will not forget.



I am a man of many mistakes,

I am the ravaged shore, that breaks,

When wave upon wave of thoughts fill my mind,

I speak first and regret in time,

And though your silence feels like an awkward spell,

I sit hopeful, with a penny,

Beside a wishing well.

I will not forget,

I hope you will not forget.

I don't have you to loose

I don’t have you to loose,

I don’t have you hold,

I can only stare at your beauty,

And paint a picture of your soul.



Girl you make it seem,

I’m within a dream,

Where there’s a smile on my face,

And a twinkle in my eye,

Whenever I think of you,

All my troubles say “Goodbye”.



Yes, Whenever I think of you,

My days, light on up,

For so many years,

I was living in the dark,

Now even when it’s way past my bedtime,

I see it as a new day that starts.



I don’t have you to loose,

I don’t have you hold,

I can only stare at your beauty,

And paint a picture of your soul.



Whenever I think of you,

I like to take a breath,

To give my heart a rest,

From beating out of my chest.



Yes, whenever I think of you,

Girl I see through your eyes,

And i can feel it when you touch,

All them other guys,

Because there’s nothing left of me,

Inside of me.

All I say comes back to you,

And all I do is for you.



But I don’t have you to loose,

I don’t have you hold,

I can only stare at your beauty,

And paint a picture of your soul.



So whenever I think of you,

I let the world quiet down,

And let my mind walk in circles,

Around and around,

I know I’m within a dream,

But I’ll keep looking till you’re found