War Cry
When you had a messy break up, took your time to finally be able to be friends again, only to find they’re seeing someone new and you’re not ready.
When you had a messy break up, took your time to finally be able to be friends again, only to find they’re seeing someone new and you’re not ready.
When moving on is hard but you’re forcing yourself to.
If there ever was a moment to start being gentle, taking care of other hearts the way mine would want to be treated, to start blowing kisses at times curses would rather come forward, to start caressing feelings when thoughts would rather explode, to start being brave, killing hopes and taking responsibilities, Let them down […]
I thought sending you to hell would stop me from going there too so I did, not knowing you’d fight back Your resistance, my dear, sent a series of guilty feeling crawling down my spine penetrating my pores, it swam through my veins and reached my heart, and every day you were away the guilt […]
Forgive me Father, for I almost sinned I saw this lake full of temptation and I jumped and lost myself I gulped like I never drank before, I let the water freshen my thirsty soul Forgive me Father, for I almost sinned I saw this sky glazing with lure and I never stopped staring since […]
I thought it would take me a thousand mouths to erase your name, to rinse my memories of you, to refill the void that your absence caused, like it’s the only thing that could cover up a horrible, regrettable tattoo visibly painted all over my being Turns out, it only took another mistake for everything […]
Words have always been powerful, descriptive, explanatory, yet deceitful, you take it how you want it Especially when it comes to love, they always use a language I could never understand So I try to transform them to numbers, because they never lie. Of all 42 times the moons have shown its full face, only […]
Today is the day where all the waiting finally comes to an end As expiry dates were tattooed on all hopes, beyond this day, they will be poisonous I’ve had my shares of wanting and expecting and staying has become a word that’s way too difficult to spell Today is the day where enough finally […]
Remember that old song you used to like? You used to listen to it all the time You danced to it You sang along You memorised the lyrics by heart You admired it religiously You could relate, and never got bored of it Now that song still exists, Just no longer in a way you […]
Those smiles after every prayer, these hands you held You painted my days I birthed wishes You called me baby I sent you my world You produced galaxies I counted stars You rained flowers I drowned in rainbows You left I died. Am I remembering things you never knew existed? AB – 11.7.17