The leaf has fallen from its tree
And it’s floating on air as if it never existed
The bird’s nest was turned into dust
Do we feel their heartbreak?
Can we cure the pain of others
With a sad look on their faces
Strangely we walk past them
With no insight, we vanish away
You are the conduit
The suffering of one presence
From your heart, I felt the torment
In your voice, I perceived sadness
But yet you are a treasure
The fortune lies deep in your soul
In your distraction, you’ll shawl
And find the contentment you are looking for
Breaking free from the darkness of the night
and the sweet melody you sang to me
that inviting look that captured my soul
a memory of fading into you
This is not a garment I cast off my body
But flesh and bone I claimed at birth
A heart made sweet with hunger and thirst
Yet I cannot carry it any longer
Only another breath will breathe in the still air
Who is freedom to the river and the stream
And ever has it been that love knows not its depth
Until the hour of separation
It was yesterday we met in a dream
You have sung to me my aloneness
And I of your longings have built a tower in the sky
But now our sleep has fled, and our dream is over
If in the twilight of memory, we should meet once more
You shall sing to me a deeper song
And if our hands should meet in another dream
We shall build another tower in the sky
A little while and my longings shall gather
Dust and foam from another’s form
A fleeting moment of respite upon the wind
And another’s embrace shall bear me forth
Farewell to you and the youth I have spent with you.
In anticipation as I enter the madness
In harmony I find myself escaping my skin
My identity vanishes as I make an entry
To a short illusion of carelessness
I discover indulgence in the dim hour
I experience a deviant presence in me
In the prolonged freaky hour
Craziness, madness, still faces
Audience lusting, yearning, watching
My body moves to a different realm
My stage performance is cunning
I see the artfulness in me . . .
I feel your invisible existence
Strolling in rainy streets
Voices, laughter, a child’s cry
None of them important to me
As I look upon your shadow
Indulging through my silky skin
Your face, a mask of darkness
In your eyes so much depth unknown
You look wistful as you slowly approach
My body trembles with a burst of desire
As my breath gets deeper, my heart is racing
Confusion, madness, what am I facing
Can the shadow hold such warmth
As I yearn for the touch of your spirit
My heart longs for a connection
Awaiting the moment, we unite as one
In the drizzly night and time of coldness
As I quiver in the nightfall half-departed
Your nonexistence has taken my essence
I hear deprived laughter within my stillness
It must be the departed
And the grief
I feel for you . . .
Anticipating troubled with craving desire
I imagine you’re still breathing in my uninvited air
I wait in a daydream, but I am still awakened
Never again can I be with you unless I am taken
From my mourning I suffer and the longings
For you . . .
Evoking a memory of when you were existing
Your exquisite smile as you favour my name
The only kiss I shall faithfully cherish
Your embrace that gives me now shelter
Incomplete I still cry
For you . . .
Mourning for the past I left behind
I weep in the night with sorrow
Like a mother losing her child
I feel the distraction in her soul
As I lie in bed, I can feel you
When I reach for you, you are lifeless
I feel the echo of your essence
You are near but in whispers
We seem to be dissolving
Our faces are fading, our names forgotten
We are screens, we are passwords
Yet another portion of our identity
Shattered Tomorrows
I woke up with shattering news
Her eyes were filled with empathy
As she said you were gone
And all my dreams fade with you
An unforgettable tragedy
As you were getting ready
To make me yours, you left me
Not by choice, and not by fate
Hope vanished on a gloomy morning
The scent of your roses embracing me
The vase shattered into pieces
And I knew you were truly gone
In the wake of your departure
To your gentle mother in a scarf
To your woman yet untouched
And your unborn children never brought to life
Much too young to face dark nights
Constructing my fortress
You steal the other’s touch then you come to me
And life has taken every joy out of me, but one remains
The deep sorrow of what once existed, the purity
And now even the air is corrupted, like many minds
These can be obstinate times
Slow, uninspired life without an end or beginning
banned from the journal where my story’s penned
For years I wonder will I write my happy ending
Will my heart find itself and feel the heartbeat
What I find is desirable lust that fades into dust
I constructed my fortress until the end of time
Where no one has entered and didn’t feel the stillness
Of wounded ache where blood becomes hail
Where delight becomes grief and brings the poesy
To tear your soul as she reads, while tears drip onto its existence
Someone has wished for my longings and dreams
He came again and sent the star to call me,
Nothing is changed, it’s enlightened but brightened
I have to catch all the highs of the world
Then discover what you mean to me
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So beautiful, and soul filled. The emptiness of loss is felt in every line. The appreciation of love, loss, and living in this earthly realm all come crashing through your words. Thank you Zana for these beautiful messages.