A teeny ever after...

With smoky eyes full of secrets so cryptic,
She sang of lands distant and exotic
Light was her step and of skin she was fair,
Her lilt breathed life into the air
For all the brilliance of her beauty,
Strange was the tale of her destiny

A prince he was, with valor and grace,
Haunted by a quest he struggled to chase
He slept with the image of her in his thoughts
It was her visage that by day he sought
Scour as he may, of her there wasn't a trace
Little did he know that against time was his race

Frozen in an enchanted world of dreams
Her only companions were the the hills and the streams
Only in his dreams could she guide him along
And all she had to say could solely be a song
Through each other they will find happiness and peace
But his time will be up at the last light of solstice

The signs in her songs to him were mystic
As the sands of time trickled, his search grew frantic
When the dreams seemed bleak giving him plenty of grief
Hope shimmered again as he stumbled upon a pixie full of mischief
With impish cunning yet a heart so tender
The faerie creature found a trail to this world of splendor

As the sun crept low on the day of solstice
The prince rushed along to keep his promise
As he found his quest just in the nick of time
There she stood in front of him sublime
As the first streaks of grey colored the sky
Hand in hand they bid the li'l pixie good-bye

As final as death

As I lay on the shore, gazing at the setting sun,
I think about the shocking way
My life has taken an abrupt turn.
For the one I lost was the one I loved the most,
The essence of my life,
The one who would never return.
The world around me is back to its full pace,
As if there is nothing amiss,
I ask then why there is in me this inexplicable abyss.
My soul feels ripped from the depths of my core,
Yet, the waves mockingly sing, lashing at the shore.
A smile here, a tiff there,
The memories come rushing back to me,
Beyond this grief, beyond this despair,
I cannot convince my mind to see,
What happens now, what happens next
Is all still a dazed haze to me.
But life cannot freeze; I have to move on,
Carrying with me all the shattered pieces
And bitter-sweet memories along.
A single tear escapes my eye,
As a new spate of grief washes over me in stealth,
I know now that in this gamble of life,
No hand dealt to us…is as final as death.

Lost in Rhetorics

Strange are the charades that people play

Everyone thinks they know what you want to say

So busy are we in reading between the lines

That the actual intention escapes our mind's confines

What's clearly evident, we refuse to see

Searching forever some wild conspiracy

Caught up in the roles that we play

Trying hard to uphold the images we think we portray

Juggling between the many masks we wear

Of the fact that you're losing your true self

You're completely unaware

Every sentence, every gesture 

Even a simple smile

We can't help but scrutinize

For a million hidden wiles

Step by step as the delusion escalates

A lifetime riddled with paranoia culminates

Too easy to slip into this travesty

Be wise and break free at the littlest opportunity

For once you are stuck in this vicious quagmire

There is only one course that will transpire

Unwillingly you become one of those 'fashionable' cynics

Forever you seem to be lost in rhetorics

Sweet Nothings

Oh the sweet tinkle of our chatter...

The silent gestures…the silliest of laughter…

Blessed be…nobody as me…

For I have someone as precious as thee…

I miss you naught...yet somehow I do...

For you’re here in my heart....and not here too...

Oh won’t you put me out of my blight…

And be with me as soon as you might.