A Place Among the Stars

Between a future with its impending troubles

And a past of its share of scars.

Here I stand, amidst this rubble

Wide eyed, staring at the stars

My hands twist and turn in the struggle

To escape these confining bars

Until life bursts my utopian bubble

Maybe I dreamt too much, too soon.

 And much too far.

Nor Here Nor There

" What is it.

Where are you? "

She whispered to the convoluted air.

As its reverberating echoes continued

Calling out for her from somewhere

He stands disapprovingly witnessing this

Her faraway demeanour, both haunting yet austere

He reconsiders his option to leave,
Is she beyond repair?

"Who is it you call for? He asks again,

Who dyu whisper to when clearly, nobody's there?

That you seek anybody else while I bequeath myself as yours

Is a travesty I refuse to bear! "

She slowly takes a step back, then one more

Eyes brimming in despair

"I have to say a no.. Sire, I have to go

I can't reciprocate the affections you declare."

"I apologize but it isn't you, I assure

But its only his voice that I hear,

And they call out to me, repeatedly

Like the times I wish for him in my prayer"

"So even though my heart is breaking,

Everyday is a war and I am scared

But I am not for anyone's else's taking

For I can't be here and he won't have me there"

Bereft of him now, every time the air beckons
She will find herself beckoning back
It takes all but a sign for her to reckon
And a delusional heart to lose its track.

Echo Through Eternity

Inspite of afflictions of the heart

despite its protege called "Pain"

Let no man who ever loved

believe he loved in vain

For every thing you sow 

you need not always reap

let there be peace in letting go

and pride in choosing what to keep

You have felt the wind rush

when you soared high

You have survived the hollow depths

during the low tide

So if they chose to walk away

that shouldnt undermine you

The tag of " A Survivor" 

doesn't even begin to define you

They walked away from you in the dark

forget them in the light

But why admonish the love you held so dear?

Take control, take pride.

Being in a relationship is one thing

Loving them - another

The former ends when you end it

The latter involuntarily lasts forever

Whether you Hate the crime or Chide the lover 

what you had was more than some dispensable entity

Love on child, 

for how you loved  in this Life (not who)

Shall echo through eternity

Better Tomorrow

Sometimes it’s hard to find a reason

To look up and force a smile

When all your senses are telling you

It may not be worthwhile

But you'll keep your head above water

It’s not your time to drown

There’s gotta be an easy way to

Wipe off distant frowns.

Some say the only way is up

When you’re in so very deep

We both' ll be thrown a ladder

Something I expect to see.

At some point we will choose to climb

When we're ready to mend the hurt

Why should we both be satisfied

To stay knee deep in dirt.

You should know that I have promised

In time, from my mind, I'll set you free

Fill your mind until it’s time

To exit your heart’s poverty

I see your plans before me

You should know that I care

So lift yourself up until it’s time

To answer your every prayer.

A Love Divided

There,

You stand

 united, 

by the sum of broken promises

waged by withdrawals of despair

Here,

I lie

 divided, 

As the planet you once called home

That's nearly out of air