Give us a name
Far from sin and shame.
What should I name it?
Where the world painted our love so unfit.

You're the red in my blues,
How I wished I blended in your hues.
Tell me how my galaxy tinted your flame,
Give us a name!

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Straying from destination,
I walked through the way of fascination.
The crooked lanes of unknown names,
The dusty breath I could feel in flames,
Even the carcass of the melting bones-
Couldn't say no to me eyeing the scones.
I walked miles searching for an uncalled solace,
Yet all I found was the chaos in my serenity.

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I couldn't ever fathom
What I lost,
Till you faded.

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Today, I wrote a letter again,
That words could carry only in vain.
The storm whispered what we could've been,
If only we had our time foreseen.
How I wish the rain stopped for a while!
Just so we could have our farewell with a smile.
Ages have passed since I last saw you alive,
Will you still be there if I refuse to revive?

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The Carcass

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I'm a thin line so gleam
Amidst your glow and gloom.
You might see me fuss
But I promise to take all your woes,
Let you glow so bright,
Until my fragments wane
Refracting all your cries
In a spectrum of our hope.

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In the days of yore,
I had it all figured out
For my days yet to come
Like a scheme of my head.
Now, decades have gone
With a present so bleak and done.
How I wish I could flee back
To those good old days of yore.

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In a dream so long,
Enchanted by the rhyme of a song,
I grasped for a hold in the shrouds
Like a sand particle in the clouds.
In my fist, I found a dreary void
Staring into my soul that lay bare and coiled;
Fearful tears blurred my eyes to fend
As I whispered- where lies the end?

In a dream so long,
I searched for the name of the song,
And they gave me a name so nostalgic
That painted my hallucination like a fanatic.
And there you were- amidst the blue,
Glimmering with hope and smiles as I drew,
Inconsolable tears soaked my heart
As I opened my eyes to see you in my art.

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~A Surreal Dream

Like a surreal dream, I couldn't fathom,
What was lost and what I seek for?
A wonder in disguise or is it an untold destiny?
Keeping me afloat in this storm of oblivion.
Oh the agony!
When do you ever leave?
Lurking behind this feigned empathy.
Squeezed between cold hands yet unable to grasp,
I'm blue- strangled by these obscured chains,
Submerging in my woes for what I've lost,
Mourning for the dead once dear to me.
Is there a bond in life with innocuous repercussions?
When will I ever be free from this wringing pain?
I'm tired of these ugly shrieks and hopeless wishes
As they lie pinned on the wet shadow lines of my pillow.
Who do I seek when my own shadow is cynical?
Maybe someday, somewhere when I stand alone
The merciful wind will carry me away
Like a string of dandelions amidst the whisk of dust,
Free this stupor plunged in the pits of a surreal dream.

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Every nook and corner,
I searched for your familiar scent
Long lost amidst the memories
That once wrapped me up protectively.

Moments are long gone,
And so are the fading memories,
Yet I couldn't let go of this desire
To adore that warm smile all over again.

The face that once smiled like stars,
The presence that soothed my agitation
Where are you so lost in such a dead stare?
That you left me so crystal clear.

Oh, don't fade!
You're the cure to my hauntings
Let the bygones be washed away
Let me hold onto this memory of us.

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