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Euphoric Emptiness (Part 3) by Manav Chordia
Engulfment
So, I figure here’s the end
Eleven days after the new year
Limits and lies in thy fend
Fighting my light is to fear
Hear hear, I say to you
Assaulting my heart straight through
There is nothing better than love
“Really?” you ask and, I, say nothing true …
Either a red horse or a white dove;
Didn’t know my dearest but I chose you!
Deceptive Lies
Please give up on this fight.
O’ dearest, are you alright,
Entangled in your web of lies!
I couldn’t believe my ears or my eyes.
I merely hope it doesn’t come back to bite.
Cloudy
Reality taps my shoulders
Announcing its hearty arrival
Hurting my chest and back
Unhanding my boulders
Leaching my husband’s survival
Vile creations hiding his track
I wish I could guide him
Just enough so he could be
alive or dead, however he liked
You’re my truest love.
And shall remain my best friend.
Kind strangers call us dim
Under the bright stars beside the sea
My heartbeat spiked.
Ah. This hurt me. O’ love …
Remember you I shall, till the end.
Last night
Nightfall is a place I’d avoid.
Alcohol serves as my sole savior,
Oppressing and defeating my existence.
Mistakes surface my wicked identity.
Indefinitely I’ll try to be sober.
Labels
He opened the possibility of what love without labels can be.
> Getting high
> Getting off.
Hurdles
Stories are an escape
Nights are a Showtime
Enemies are temporary
Hugs are precious but,
Arrogantly we aren’t forever.
Lies and Deceit
Facade put up to conceal,
Alimonies and heartbreaks,
Men or women alike.
Infidelity leads to reel,
Loneliness and lethargy
You, my dearest are the worst!
Newer times don’t bring happiness
Even the dead make you cry
Vengeance is crucial as
Evolution is naught but a lie
Reason and logic hide within.
Seasonal paradise is a joke
Tickles don’t make me laugh.
Irrational is my existence,
Clueless, my aspirations.
Kindly stay away from toxins,
Such as myself and my mind.
Safari
Hopelessly in love
Under the white dove
Sleeping with your laugh
Bleeding my heart out
Aspiring to be your half
Needless to tell you about
Death, my only true friend.
Should you bother about my end?
Broken hints of reality
Rarely, I have ever seen.
Earth go silent or blue,
Jungles burning or Ice melting
Excluding the dark broken members
Can I believe you anymore?
Thanks for nothing, I guess.
Except the misery and humiliation,
Death loves me better than you, but I’d still choose you!
