Unseal

How can it be
I wake up one day and see
That nature silently chose to stitch
Wounds that once made me itch
Pain that I once bore
Without a whimper, growing sore
Tears for nights I cried
Without a warning, the sunlight protectively dried
A love that I once felt
For arms I held, prayers I knelt
Oh nature, I want to unseal
The scars that you're trying to heal
For the fire that burned me infernal
Deserves wounds forever eternal.

• The Haiku Project • Day 11 •

• The Haiku Project • Day 11 •

A little bit of Murph.

What if

What if

All we’re fated to

Is a life of chaos

With faceless voices

And voiceless faces

Rushing in, pushing through

With vices for habits

And pain for placebos

With no corners left

To vacuum out the dust

And no windows open

To welcome the sunlight

Or a breeze of realization

What if, the madness

Is bigger than the methods

What if

Our quest for solace

Ends only in the din.

What if

Our comfort zones

Are forever aligned

With our suicidal love

For the crazy
And frightful fear
Of silence, and the truth.

Tuck me in

Tuck me in
Turn my bed of nails
Into a soft blanket of roses
Slip me into the deepest dreams
Of whistling winds and singing streams
Make me forget my world of woe
My aches and pains, from head to heart, to toe
Limit my universe to the hold of your arms
And the smell of your existence.

But most of all,
Tuck me in
And then
Just never leave.

• The Haiku Project • Day 10 •

• The Haiku Project • Day 10 •

They say that money talks.

And all mine ever says is Goodbye.

Like a sneeze

When exactly, who knows

I think it was when I blew my nose

It struck me like radioactive breeze

Love, you’re like a sneeze.

The more I resist

The harder you persist

My senses you freeze

Love, you’re like a sneeze.

You shake me up

Make a mess of my make up

Physically weak in my knees

Love, you’re like a sneeze.

Hitting me when I least expect

You overpower me, I must accept

In that moment all control I cease

Love, you’re like a sneeze.

But there comes a relief

That cushions my belief

Stay for more than just a moment, please?

Because love, you’re more than a sneeze.

The other side of the fence

Don’t come looking for me

In every good book

For all you’ll find are ghosts

Of the godly ways I shook.

Seeking my refuge

In a tent of my own sin

Deaf to the sermons

Unshaken by hymn.

Truth be told,

I love to offend

Your tragedy is that

You live to defend.

Soon all I shall be

Is a hazy memory in the past tense

Atleast I dared where you never did -

The other side of the fence.