Fade away

Fade away
Like melting snow.
Slowly, but surely -
No one will know
Here a moment
Gone the next
Fade away, girl
Just go, just go!

One

I am the land
I am the seas
I am its breeze
And I am my dreams.

I search for no shore
Nor the promised haven
I live amidst chaos
And it defines me.

I like this journey
Which keeps me afloat
Some days I live
Some days, it kills me.

My tears have formed seas
The land, from my debris
When it's my time to go,
I'll join them, in peace.

Monster

You hit her -
And we screamed

From beneath blankets
Muffled - our shrieks.

Did you ever realise
It was not just four lives

That you chose to break
But our generations to be?

I still shudder at noises
I shiver at nights, heavily.

I freeze when yelled at
And tears just stream.

It's over ten years now
You are dead and gone

But you hit her still -
In my dreams.

Mask

It's good that we have
our masks  on now -
It's not as though we spoke
to anyone around,
Smiled or cared about
others in town.

It's good that we have
our masks  on now -
Earlier, it wasn't seen -
Now, it's just
so pronounced.

Ends and Beginnings

When I come to you
You run like the plague
When I turn away
You seek me, you chase.

I'm not in it anymore
This cat and mouse race
This has become a game for you,
And I don't want to play.

I hope you heal from what cut you
I pray I do too
Let's not hurt each other more now
And hope no one does too.

Goodbyes we bid in plenty
Let's keep it real this time.
If we ever again pass-by
Let's just keep it to a Hi.

Dying wishes

I may not be
a great child
But great children -
I've come to know.

They don't shower parents
with cash or prize
But they give them
in ample, their time.

When one is old,
weak and fragile
It's not the possessions
one wants by their side.

In the long wait,
many bid byes
Longing for the warmth
and care of their child.

Don't wait to cry
At their funeral pyres
To tell them they were always
On your mind.

Rush to them now
Hug, hold or fight.
Your tomorrows - put aside.
Didn't they, a hundred times?