Yesterday II

When all seemed like yesterday,

the emptiness still unfilled,

the void still lingering.

I don an armour, an

appearance of normality,

nurturing the void

reluctant to depart.

Just when all seemed like yesterday,

a feeling so unfamiliar,

reignited by your entry into my life.

Hope, now injected with the

strength of the thought of you.

The void hastily retreats,

only to be replaced by the

warmth of the thought of you.

An emotion too unfamiliar,

fueled by the thought of you,

in my mind a stubborn stranger so

unwilling to depart,

unable to be evicted.

Nights devoid of sleep, yet

Days energised by the thought of you.

Cold winds bitter, yet

Warmed by the thought of you.

Patient persona I exhibit, yet

Impatient for your return.

Calm exterior I display, yet

Nervous self I reveal before you.

An evening with you,

time escaping too rapidly.

before I even knew, before our

backs turned against one another,

parting into the cruel night.

The goodbye was so swift and so soon.

The remnant of night becoming a

night of torpor, a

night neverending.

Only now, I am back at where I

began, with nothing but your

subterfuge against me. I am

impelled to confront my self-denial.

Do you not hear my calls to you,

for they go unanswered,

left in neglect,

neglect as your soul petrifies and

rears against me.

All I would have hoped for is

none more than an answer to my

yearning for you.

Time, attesting once again,

memories obdurate,

sentiments remain untarnished.

Hope, only so ephemeral.

When all just seemed like yesterday,

but now I am where I was.

                                                                   Vying,

                                                                   I am here!

                                                                   Come, o come

                                                                   To me.

                                                                   Only you can

                                                                   Reach me, for

                                                                   I am too far

                                                                   Away.

- KT (2014)

Departure

As firm as I will stand,

faithful as ever,

waiting at my post,

awaiting your arrival.

- KT (2013)

Yesterday

When all seemed just like yesterday,

the same old feeling just as raw.

When all seemed like a blur of gray, and

entrapped by your claws,

nothing will remain the same

for all I feel is shame.

I recall our dialogues so affluent,

affluent, yet phrases remain scarce.

Words,

barely suspended with thoughts

to an end to our conversations.

In midst the summer heat, now

Reduced to stagnation,

Reduced to an empty vow.

Just when all seemed like yesterday,

the pain just as intense,

for I was never fluent in

the fine art of disremembering,

the harshness of the spirit of sense.

Raucous ruins as scars

that remain after every altercation,

grating the wall of the heart,

as our colloquy comes to an end.

In midst the winter cold, now

Nothing but ruins,

Nothing but voidness.

Maybe all was just yesterday,

the same feelings unchanged.

A grandiose palace replete with memories:

visitors always welcome, yet

how do I evict?

Memories obdurate, sentiments untarnished.

Time, attesting scars not ephemeral.

Hope glowed so solitary

set by the secretive corner, powerless to

evacuate the darkness.

Yesterday,

the memories so near yet

the feelings out of reach.

When the wrong is right and

the fantasy is the reality

All is done and

nothing is done.

I can only

Reminisce.

When all just seemed like yesterday,

but it is all

Unreachable.

- KT (2013)

Fade (revisited)

Fade (revisited)

The Night was swiftly fading,

The Radiance saturating the skies.

Flower,

Unravelling its beauty.

Eternal pulchritude, yet,

Glorious?

Sentiments, tarnishing…

Time, leaves not a transient scar.

Autumn’s breeze gently brushed against my skin.

I gaze to the horizon,

In midst of Autumn’s soft rustling,

Hoping for

Flower,

To faithfully confide.

Flower,

Glistening in dusk.

Agony,

Fading away.

Elegance,

Grace,

Engraved forever.

-KT (2010)

à ..

Despondency

The road was covered with thorns,the

Path of departure, overcast by shades and

Shadows of the trees.

Splashes of the rain and draughts of the wind, left

Scars, deeply engraved within the heart.

Wandering, until I am

Lost, in a sea of sand.

Lost my direction, lost my path.

In this blurry sea of stars, I search for myself, for

Every single star sparks my passion.

-KT (2010)

à cherie

à cherie

Under the grace of the moonlight

Did you look so captivating.

The shadows of elegance,

Tactfully cast upon you.

- KT (2009)

Partings

Partings

A Goodbye so swift,

So Soon,

Long before I heard.

Emotions shifting,

As rest of the night,

I feel,

Time coming to standstill.

Stagnant.

Will I ever know,

When you will return?

A Goodbye too swift,

Long before I realised,

You have to part.

- KT (2009)

Unshatter

Unshatter

Gently I handle,

Frail.

Slip of my fingers,

Shatter not?

Between us,

What we had!

Regret, unpunctual.

I know not better?

Apologies,

Slip of my tongue?

Forgiveness?

No,

But atonement.

I will seek,

To unshatter.

- KT (2009)

Fade

Fade

Lucifer's torch rising,

Prevailing radiance

Filling the skies.

Flower,

Unravelling beauty.

Pulchritude,

Glorious?

Passing by,

Yet eternal.

Evanescence of time,

Leaves not a

Transient scar.

I gaze,

In midst of Autumn

Wind,

Waiting,

Hoping for

Flower,

To faithfully

Confide.

Flower,

Glistening in dusk.

Agony,

Fading away.

Sentiments,

Tarnishing.

Elegance,

Grace,

Forever engraved.

- KT (2009)