Tell Me No More of Enchanted Days

Death, Is an evening, The warmth of the day fading, Into a cold, pink twilight It’s not the busy hours, Of planned thoughts, Nor the safe moments Of consumed nights. It's the in between uncertainty Of not knowing Whether it was good, Or it gets better. When I die, Let me die when the first bird sings, Or in the silence of satisfied stars. Let me not go in a restless daze Waiting, waiting, waiting For everything to change...

She took the kohl and smudged it deeply under her eyes. A little more, maybe. Her eyes were her best feature. With her curly hair, they made her seem forlorn, some heartbroken sphinx that no one could decipher. Did she want to be deciphered? Maybe not. But she was lonely. Her last relationship was years ago. This being alone was consuming her confidence every day. They said it was a great city for singletons, but she was too afraid to get out and mingle. Not today. Today, she had decided to go for a mixer. She had enough of hanging around software nerds. Maybe she would meet a painter, a writer or even a chef, because those were the people she admired; passionate and reckless. She was nothing like that. She could code, but then so could so many people. The mixer started off in a cosy resto bar, with people introducing themselves. They had very interesting professions. A nutrionist, a paediatric urologist, a co founder of an organic produce start up, an animation artist, a z

The fence isn't imaginary, You created it, years ago, A demarcation, a boxed dream, A gate to keep you safe, From betrayal and pain. Now you can't get out, No matter how much you try, Day after day, struggling to escape, But the thoughts bounce off, The patterns repeat, re-emerge, Reiterating the hurt, The refusal, the anger, the fear, Till freedom seems impossible From this cage that courts you in. But the chaotic wind, decides to blow, Caught unawares, everything flies, Unbridled, unknown, unrestrained, Into the world again. And you wonder, how you will, Ever find your way back, Into anything ever again?