Catchlight

              I think i figured out
            what it was about you
        that was so darn alluring.
                It was your eyes.
      The catchlight in your eyes
     reminded me of that full moon
                shining bright
         with the wolves howling
as the alpha and the Luna became one.

Pari

                       The Voids

I knew it long before you did, that you were in denial. The way your hands trembled when i laced mine with yours told me how much bigger the voids were that she'd left behind.

Pari

                     The First Time

Oh how i wish i could tell you what the swirls of the  black n blue on the canvas meant. It was the only thing I remember that covered your skin when I first saw you....

Pari

                        12:13 am

I've always heard of the 11:11 wishes                        coming   true.    But it was 12:13 when i       knew I had found something i never             even wished for.
                                YOU....

Pari

                           Remnants

I'd love to watch the remnants of all that was once covering my skin turn into ash when your hand makes it way down...

Pari

              Maybe

While gazing at the person standing in the mirror. I couldn't help but think of what it was that repelled you so much that you couldn't bear to tell me the stories that the moon heard when you mumbled at night?. Was it my scars that reminded you of your own?.
Maybe it was the way i swayed when the storm came that you thought that maybe I wasn't steady enough to build a home around.
Maybe i reminded you too much of the one that left your heart aching in the middle of the night. Maybe just maybe...

Pari

There's a way I'd like to place my arms around you. Like the darkness that holds the stars together. Protecting them against the light that's too blinding.

Pari

              Hades and Persephone

This tale is about the one who ruled the      underworld with a halo of the fire burning brighter than any pyre with eyes that resembled  the depths of an   abyss.

This tale is about the most beautiful being to walk the earth with a rosiest pink covering her cheeks and eyes that resembled the colour of the brook.

This tale is about the time he left the underworld and ventured the earth and found her walking through the orchids. Like a moth drawn to a flame. The ruler of hell was at the mercy of the naive.

Unaware of the wrath that would unleash on earth he took her with him.
And built her gardens with the pinkest pink and the deepest red there was ever...

                  The 2am Jingles

The 2am jingles of the beer bottles     clanking together is all i remember, along with the breeze flowing from the  window lulling  me further into a slumber so deep with your hazy form    calling  my name.....

Pari

                      GROWING UP

At 6, she saw her mother humming a tune in the middle of the night. Pressing her face closer into the wet pillow. On asking her she said " it was because she missed her mum".

At 10, she saw her mother jump at tiny  noises, cover her eyes and mutter " please no". On asking her she said " it was because she had a weak heart and hated sudden noises".

At 16, she saw her mother painting her face to cover those dark blue and black patches on her face. On asking her she said " it made her look young".

At 18, she saw her mother clutching at her hand tightly with eyes pooling with water as she waved her off for college. On asking her she said " it was because she'...

       The Last Phone Call

It was 2 am on that cold winter morning
the telephone was hanging from its wire.
Similar to that thread sewing my heart.
and your words kept ringing in sync
with the beeps of our last phone call.
all i could think of what you said
Last summer of how people lose interest
But i was too blinded by your beauty to even bother thinking about quenching your soil with my love with nothing in return....

Pari

         The Lost MOJO!!!!

      The way my fingers fumble
         Over the keyboard
        To write you a text
        Makes me wonder
      If we've lost our mojo....

Pari

                                2:30 am

I heard the wooden floor creak beneath your feet and the sound of the door slammed shut. I could hear my heart slowing down and the blood pounding in my ears. I couldn't move. My feet remain planted on the floor with my gaze stuck at the closed door. I wanted to chase after you but i couldn't do it, i loved you enough to let you go. I knew you deserved more than just an abandoned building.  I knew there would come a day when you'd figure out you deserved better too. The day you'd see me the way i see myself. The flickering light in that abandoned building kept my hopes alive. I should've known better. People who hold  a grenade in one hand and the re...

                 The Forbidden Triangle
   
   
     He was my life but she was his universe...

Pari

                  The Finger Kisses

       Something about the way you
   Press a kiss against your finger
           And touch the camera
Means so much more than just a kiss
          And as i close my eyes
I can feel the weight of your fingertip
    On my lips and in that moment
                 I know I'm home.....

Pari

             We just weren't meant to be

            We were like fire and water...
                        total opposites
      You had a fire burning in you're eyes
       that kept you and all that you loved
        warm through those winter nights...
              And i was like that water
                   in the turbulent sea,
            crashing and uncontrollable
         destroying everything in it's path.
           I wish you'd realize it sooner
                and swim to the shore..
          before i splash and extinguish
           that fire burning in your core
               and render you cold.....

Pari

Somehow even after years later
The burnt tongue
Still reminded me of you.....

Pari

Dear love,

She's 10 year old now and a spitfire just like you. She's like a tiny girly version of you but god forbid she heard  that i called her a girl, she'll throw a fit. She says she's her dady's boy who'd protect me while trying hard to flex her non existent biceps. Oh how i wish you were here to see her grow up. She hates anything green on her plate. The way she always sleeps In a weird dancing position, just like you did. It's so hard for me to calm her down at times. She punched a guy in her class because he accidentally bumped into her and when i asked her why she did that she said ," daddy said boys are mean and if anybody ever tries to touch me " accidentally " to punch them in th...

                         I HATE IT

           I hate that helplessness
            That crawls on my skin
          That heaviness that sets
                       In my gut
               Those slowed down
                     Heartbeats
         The pounding of my blood
            Flowing in my ears
   The metallic taste on my tongue
   From biting my tongue too hard
         To keep the words at bay
          Those gritted teeth and
                  Curled fists
     Scared of letting all the angst
                    And hurt go
The one that is holding me together...

Pari

                THE OLD WRIST WATCH

   I was like that old wrist watch
  Cracked and running out of battery
           Ticking with memories
          In sync with your heart
         that left you indecisive
              Whether to let go
       Or to keep me tucked away
           In your shirt pocket
            Close to your heart....

Pari

                                          INTOXICATED

                              So I'll keep scratching
                                    Harder n harder
                           Till i peel all my skin off
                                  And let my blood
                         Intoxicated by your smell
                              Flow down my arms
                           Leaving me just a mere
                              Pile of blood n flesh...

PARI

                  Your Moon

             If i were to choose
        I'd choose to be your moon
      And howl with your demons
           Than being your sun
   To only be there when you bloom..

Pari

                        YOU N ME


                         We were
           like House and Wilson
        like Sherlock and Watson
     insufferable and inseparable
                  like fire and ice
        like two poles of a magnet
           that can neither stand  
nor function without each other...

PARI

              The Missing Syllable

           It wasn't until you were gone
That i realized the importance of words
And every time you uttered those words
               Flashed against my eyes
  Of how you always said " love you too"
     But the " I " was always missing
    Of sad it was that you had to leave
     For me to actually realize that....

Pari

         I Remember You

I remember that dark blue shirt with that little thread sticking out from your shoulder,
I remember those stars behind your left ear and the mole behind your right,
I remember the feel of your rough palms against my waist,
I remember those tingles that shot through my chest when you laughed,
I remember your cologne that wafted inside when i inhaled deeply,
I remember your chapped lips pressed against my forehead,
I remember you like that favourite old song whose lyrics come back naturally even after eons of not hearing,
I remember you...

Pari

                    The Crooked Me

        You weren't into broken toys
   And i was the one on the last shelf
   The one you once enjoyed watching
                Crooked and slow
But when i turned around the corner
            and you didn't follow
I found you looking at the new arrivals
       With a sparkle in your eyes
       So i watched you walk away
       Every time i hear your feet
       I can't help but wait for you
To come n watch my crooked self play..

Pari   

                         Colors

            She was a  piece of glass
      That turned into a kaleidoscope
                  On breaking...

Pari

                    THE HUNT

            It was adrenaline from
     The fear in the eyes of her prey
         That caused her lips to curl
             Into a menacing grin
                like a shard of ice
                That left no trace
      when she aimed for your heart...

Pari
     

        GUNS and ROSES

    The one whose body is a mural
Of everything that made his heart clench
  His eyes are a pool of black orbs
   With a streak of crazy in them
          It's a chronicle
      written in red and black
          Of the moment
    she turned into his kryptonite
     And held his heart captive
      With a chain of roses
         Powerful enough
   to make the devil bleed rainbows...
Pari     

                ICEBERG

            She was an iceberg
           With only a few words
          On the tip of her tongue
         And the rest were stored
          In boxes with memories
           Frozen in the icicles
               Of her heart...

Pari