The eyes have it

When I saw you

I could see deceit in your eyes

I could hear regret in the words you said

The incense of us burning in this carnage

could melt away the promises our lips still held

Your touch could set free in me

the desires I decided to do away with

I could die right there in your arms

if only you could say my name out loud, this once.

But all I saw was love

Flowing from your eyes

As a song in your voice

In your touch that sparked butterflies

The aroma that hypnotized

And the kiss that spelled my name

Letter by letter

A hug that synced

Beats

Breaths

Us.

© 2012 Neha Choudhry

Sinned

That cool summer morn
The skylights did dim
She took her first steps in the dungeon
Where love never lived.

The self-quarrel fed on her
Sweat mingled with its alter ego in eyes
Erratically she looked around
In hope to find a single hand wave her goodbye.

A classic case of sunshine to gray
How she wrecked her life, cyclonified it within
While the world admired her smile
Her veiled self, bailed out and sinned.

© 2012 Neha Choudhry

Si tu te vas

Nadie sabrá por qué te quiero
ni por qué no quiero nadie así
ni por qué la oscuridad siempre se espera el amanecer
ni por qué mi camino termina en ti.

Espero que sabes que si tu te vas, te llevarás mi vida contigo.

© 2012 Neha Choudhry

Funeral of words

Tethered to scattered memories, I am
Clutching a million broken shreds of me, I stand
If my heart stops beating or I don't breathe
There is still hope,
I might still stand a chance of recovery.

Hugged by the clouds of melancholy, I rain
Screaming a name in my head but on the outside, I don't speak
If I crumple the paper, throw away the pen
That's when the point of no return is met
Stamp me lifeless, arrange a coffin
The sun won't meet the shine in these eyes again.

Bury me. Write me off.
Mark my grave as The Unwritten.

© 2012 Neha Choudhry

You-Know-What

Love it was all that time, still is
Love it will be even when I am in ashes
Love I worshiped, I preached
Even when I stand replaced, love-deceived
Love is love, stoned, smiled, hugged, chained
Love is pure poison to self, be it running in me, be it down a drain.

© 2012 Neha Choudhry

Home hypnotized

There was a shine in there that haloed my smile
There were blinks that I timed my breaths with
As you closed them shut on me, the dream I revolved around yesterday, today cried
As you hummed a different tune, my voice didn't match up, it died
There was a place in you wherein I did reside
There was something about the warmth, I could stay in there for life
As you shoved me away, perplexed, I did side
As you both clicked, you took her hand, looked at me with frozen eyes
That was the moment I shattered
That was the day my life last dawned
That was the second I realized
Your eyes
are now hijacked
My home is hypnotized.

© 2012 Neha Choudhry