thou shalt

keep firing

fictitious bullets

into facts

to breaketh

the sharply design'd

constructeth of thy foe
- penultimate commandment; the courtroom

I propose
you drift with me
into nothingness,
float around
borderless spaces, 
experience a certain
lightness of being

I pray not

for wisdom;

if it so came

with the tooth

I’d have it extracted

envy

live my life on lease

for a while

then, you may choose

to play it till the end

this is the least

i can do, my dear friend

to heal you

the artist

"trust me", he said

"you'll forget it all within a second", snapping his fingers

"i assure you am not jealous", he said
"i just wish you dead for following my dream"

you're most vulnerable when you think you're invincible, and you are

those pictures are the only proof she has left

of how much her parents once loved each other

the prestige

what's going on?! I was to be him by now.

oh, what's the world come to. a yawn travels faster than a smile.

never man

a boy, not a man
no matter how much I can
take on
hold on
carry on
a boy, not a man
no matter how much I can
lay out

make out

break out
a boy, not a man
for I never can

"i want to have your children", she whispered in his ear pouring out some oil into the boiling cauldron.

rear view mirror

let me begin from the start

where I am

at the fag end of my life

in the hope I can live

twice

calypso

“there came a day

the fiery red lips

decorating the lord’s bed

were caught slyly pouting

at the butler”, described

the watchmaker

“and the triumphant servants 
broke into a boisterous roar”

#

i tread along your eyelid, over tears for boulders

tattoo nation

scraping those wounds

must become a habit;

unless, you are better

at narrating stories

from the past.

then, it is

scars you must go for

#

I will sleep for you

dream your dream

take the pain away

#

i wrote this in slow mo

#

a loafer of a bread

flippant desires

you lead me to a place

I have been before

only now

my beard excites the trolls

and they remain

tempting as ever