Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts

Monday, July 8, 2024

Life Gamble


Photo by Pranavsinh suratia:

All in the name of being a man

We tear down walls of emotions

Mastering the courage not to let a teardrop

Yet troubled with a lot.


All in the name of being a man

We build our house of cards in a lie

Telling all of a strongman we are

Yet in darkness, we tear apart.


All in the name of being a man

We celebrate our tears in silence

Mastering no courage to speak our truth

To the extent, that the nails of pain crucify us in silence.


All in the name of being a man

When we speak of our thorns

They call us for not being a man

Hypering our struggles, to be a behind-curtains thing

That when the curtains open

Only sunshine is allowed to remain

Yet our souls bounce among the graveyard.

Thursday, July 4, 2024

Hush Baking

Photo by Anna Tarazevich
 

Humbly

We broke bread in silence

Watching the door 

Hoping to usher in a fresh start

Yet in mind, we knew the truth at hand.


Rinsed out

We bequeathed our past to time

Stripping windows to the house we built

Hearts ransacked with desire

That evaded  the sun

Roasted.


So, we held our feet to the moon

Switching steps hoping to fall on top

Hearing our words escape the room

While we bite on the strawberry tapestry

Pasted on the baker's menu

For sale plastered.


Daring to move in the dark

Swallowed by both our pride

While whispering fear

To the grip of our rod

We marched homebound

Yet puzzled about where home is?

Pawned.