Free-Verse

You are mine. Every thought, every word, every deed, every setback, every consequence, all the flaws, all the insecurities, all the fears, all the inhibitions, the tiniest of wishes, the smallest of desires, the scariest of dreams, the ugliest of nightmares, each laugh on your lips, each glitter in your pupils, each strand fallen from your eyelids, your heartbreaks, your heartaches, your love, your hatred, past, present, future and thereafter. It’s all mine. Everything. Today, tomorrow, forever. And ever. ...

Broken pieces of fallen glasses, Let me sweep you from the floor, And put the shreds in my pocket. Before someone else steps on them, And gets romantic about the hurt you cause. Oh love. ~RavS

The enemy was stronger, And it wasn’t outside, It was inside, Like a cancer pulping, In slow motion. Whispering in the ears. “Dead.” Even before the first breath was finished. Haaaaaahhhhh… ~RavS

You set yourself ablaze, Light up the abyss, Highlight your majestic nightmares. Volunteer to dive into the black hole of ignorance, To bring out the pearls of gay reminiscence. You delight, you surprise, and then you break the heart. You use your tears as ink to write another invisible story on the walls of consciousness. You construct your memoir through the countless hickies on everyone you embrace. You endure the labour of inertia and give birth to a new love everyday. ...

And yet I fear my own, I fear their rejection of my affection, I fear being seen as vulnerable. So I build a hard shell around. A cocoon of safety. Rendering me invincible and alone. And I walk amongst the masses, Invisible and insignificant. Incapable of empathy. Apathetic of emotions. I risk being seen aloof. Because to feel what they feel, I will have to break open my heart. Leaving me fragile and unarmed. Giving them a chance to bruise. And that risk I can not take. ...