this was
the last chapter.
He stood at the edge of the cliff,
feet sliding through
whistle at the rear
He puffed, he panted
as he ran down the dimly lit road
bent at the end
the end ran faster than him
He held on
as raindrops fell
on his forehead
rippling emotions surged past
masking the agony in his smile
as alms and coins he compiled
he gathered
fragments of a smile from within
and tossed it into her empty heart
unpacking the burden of hers
Draining half burnt pages in ink,
an old, broken pen he held
in his trembling fingers drenched in black,
sifting through scores of sheets,
overwriting letters repeatedly,
agitatedly forming those words
irrelevant in their meaning,
sentences intended to create a design then,
losing relevance with each passing stroke,
emotions transcended through
the nerves in his spine
to the tip of his left hand,
as the middle finger of his right
dripped profusely of red,
and finally he lay there in peace
for he had lived those memories
through the moments they were the best…
He switched the sun off,
Wore his glasses,
A faint effort to hide what he got,
darkness within.
He set out on the path he had been before
The path, pebbled
Had returned then with a battered soul,
Lost spirit
Sitting on a new milestone
with a sheet of paper, torn,
a pencil, broken,
he began to write
a new story with a new end.
Through the murky corridor,
brushing aside the webs,
he totters along; injured.
The pain, blood oozing out.
The scars, darkened, neglected,
screaming for attention;
skin, peeling off.
The journey begins again.
A knife, broken, blunt at the edge,
held tightly in his hand.
Intent, a score to settle.
Pressing it deeper, an inch a time.
Slower the penetration,
a prospect to experience;
thicker the stream of blood,
faster, it is over.
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He does not feel alive till he kills himself...slowly...each day...
Still simmering underneath, a craving.
Hear me out, I plead.
Reminiscing of times bygone.
Everlasting memories soak my head.
You think it is over.
An eternity I leave.
A room, a blend of brightest possible reds and yellows.
A bed, in centre, soft and fluffy, cushions all over.
A wall, full of classics, posters.
Another, for graffiti, insane, untamed.
A few racks, hell lot of music and movies and books.
A corner, a bean bag, lamp on top.
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A house, I always dream of.
A home, only you can turn it into.
We don't need no stinking bedroom,
We don't need no Potter soul.
No potti shotti in the bathroom,
Mogli, leave us kids alone
(Hey MOGLII!! Leave us kids alone)
All in all you're just another poop on the wall;
All in all you're just another poop on the wall.
Slamming intense feeling
My heart pounds through a wall of
Broken glass.
Shattered words stutter out
Unheard, unheard, unheard.
Unheard
By the only one I know with ears.
Brick by brick
My paved road falls out
From under my feet
Leaving me suspended
I hear echoes of your name
Spoken by different voices
Penetrating through the dark
Through my mind
A million mazes lead me through
Scene after scene
Of blurred faces and muffled tones.
My skin feels your touch-
And his, and hers and theirs.
And ours
I am led through a burning flame
of smokeless fire.
I close my eyes and open up my heart
To you.
I am just ashes of a forgotten existence
Burned away
A lingering feeling of warmth…