DUET

(a repost of favorite poems)

ME:  (MY SOLE TREK)

Gradually falling into a precipice
Emptiness surrounds me in this deep abyss
Engulfed by rejection and hopelessness
But I’ll embrace this, till it’s reduced to nothingness

Sometimes I ask how, sometimes I ask why
What moves me to even give it a try
My wings are clipped, why would I want to fly?
When I would only end up seeing myself cry

And as I am drenched by loneliness in the midst of the rain
Realizing I have no choice but to absorb the pain
A solitary figure huddled in a bus stop waiting for a train
The only answer I find is that waiting would only be in vain

HIM: (INHALE MS. SOLE TREKKER)

Sometimes we are pierced with self-savagery
We let the pain sink in
We love to cry…

But have you counted on a wildride…
On those times you’ve tried?
It seems you wanted to believe…
On King James’ lies
Inhale…Miss Sole Trekker
There must be a mazel tov scent
In this wide abundance
In this world you have reached assent
The air to cherish…soon to be breathe in
An usher for the brighter days to come
As you walk grazingly with the warm breeze
With a flying feeling…under the grin of the Sun
Wipe your tears out…completely
For there will be more to flow…
This time…in grace
In love…in bliss (by: STL)

 ME: (I WILL)

We all live through life’s “moments”
Every fleeting minute, no matter how evanescent
We need to embrace it, welcome it
Until a new dawn awakens our lonely spirit
But if we cry, that doesn’t mean we’ll never laugh
If we become vulnerable, can we not be tough?
If we fall, that doesn’t prove we can’t stand up
If we despair, does that follow we lose our will to be back on top?
After all, despite going through the savagery of pain
There is someone who reminds me of the beauty of the rain
One who thinks me a gem notwithstanding my being just “me”
And whose offer of friendship brings me joy and serenity
Yes, tears will keep flowing as you’ve said
Not only for hopes shattered and love unrequited
But that never giving up is what really matters
Because of what you inspire in me- something as meaningful and deep as a still water.
So don’t you worry cause I will eventually “inhale”
To savor the joy of life- to feel
The Love, the Bliss, the Grace
And emancipate myself from the sorrow I now face

THANK YOU

"Endings are very much the beginnings"

I’ve been waiting in line, for the magic to come.

To find someone whom I could call mine.

I have been led astray

Once or twice by those who came along my way

I’ve taken the wrong directions,

And at the end of the day-desolation filled my reflections-

No, it must not be for me

True love the way I prayed it should be:

“Sweet lollipops & eternal sunshine

Music that should always rhyme

Endless grins & warm fuzzy feelings

A happy constitution with no room for grieving”

While hope clings assiduously like a vine

Reality sweetly intrudes just in time

Thumping to the beat of truth so sublime

It’s just not for me – “it” could never be mine

But there was such a time some years ago

When the magic could have been caused by you

Though you just didn’t know

And that was so real I could almost feel

When love was sincere and I wished then time would stand still

And now that you know

I would like to thank you

For accepting the girl I once was…

There couldn’t be a better ending

To what we have then-

Than where we are now:

Exchanging that special & unbreakable vow

Of taking good care of this friendship

To make up for what we have lost –

after the lapse of more than a decade.

If Only

"Time passes"

If I could only take back

that one word spoken without thought

If I could have summoned all the strength

it would take to make that giant leap to your world

If only I had seen the loneliness ahead

and the sense of regret every night

I lay down in my bed

If only I did not let my foolish pride

get in the way

If I had not allowed time to slip by

and pass away

Would I feel better standing here with you?

Than looking at you through this glass wall

feeling a little blue?

I have come as close as I can

To see the man you have become

And I'm reminded once again

of the sweetest feelings I harbored deep within

And so I struggle to parry

thoughts of what could have been

After what I failed to do - and for the

consequences I have not foreseen

Our stars were simply meant to be

- far from each other

And a part of my heart will carry

this "sadness" forever