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Elysium

Myths around a Myth

trying to love you/
every time you say/
you don't need me to/

trying to love you/
every time you turn away/
from me/

people pass by/
they stare intently/

trying to understand/
what i am trying to do/
they shrug and say/
if this is what it takes/

then this is what it takes/

to rise again/
he must descend/
though it may seem/
like insanity/

i turn around/
momentarily disgusted/
momentarily distracted/
at their absurdity/

and then i get back to/
trying to love you/
every time you turn away/
from me/

those passing by/
turn around shrug and whisper/
Sisyphus is happy/

inking monsoon

These are winter days,
with cold places,
and colder deserted ways.

But the season of the sun,
shall soon show,
decorating the dark corners,
with a golden halo.

But i await the summer,
only because after it,
the rains shall follow.

And when the sky opens up,
i hope it pours,
i hope it pours like never before.

For that is when, i know,
you sit by your window,
and look at the world outside,
and summon the one living inside.

and i hope,
that you dip,
yourself to the brim,
and soak up every drop of rain,
and make it your ink,
and pen down every word,
you have held within.

I shall wait,
for those monsoon days,
which quench,
as well as stoke your desires.

I shall wait,
for those monsoon days,
when to write,
is all you need.

I shall wait,
for those monsoon days,
which make me,
want to read.

If only,
you would,
let me read.

the book reading

your scars/
my book/
the one i read/
lying on my bed/
besides my night lamp/

the one that i shall never rush/
the one that i shall never close/
the one that i shall never put down/
upon my nightstand/

the one that i shall never/
turn my back upon/
and go to sleep/

your scars/
my book/
the one that i promise to read/
day and night/
from start to finish/
and then start all over again/

your scars/
my book/
the one that i promise to read/
and not a single blank space/
and not a single pause/
will i miss/

your scars/
my book/
i read/
and i read/
and i read/

never forget to remember

i shall try and never forget/
the difference between/
the moment and me/

i shall try and always remember/

that when you got/
dreamy eyed and smiled/
that one time/
you were into the moment/
and not so much into me/

so that i can dispel/
the delusion/
that the sway in your movement/
the second time and the one after that/
and the one after that/
was due to the magic of the moment/
and not so much due to my presence/

i shall try and realize this/
for all future references/
so that i never mistake/
the moment with me/

so that i can see/
as you can see/
always only the moment/
and never just me/

so that i can be/
as you can be/
always into the moment/
and not so much into me/

obscure