tothenextme

[tothenextme]

Oh summer,

For the memories you have given me

I am eternally grateful

But for the pain that followed

You should have prepared me for it

[tothenextme]

I wait for this hate to throw me a party

So that I have every reason to return to the wildness

[tothenextme]

Laying under the sun

Is nice

The feel of warmth on my skin

It’s comforting

But you know what my problem is?

I lay in it for far too long then my body can handle

And then it burns

My skin turns red, searing hot

And suddenly

I don’t really like the sun anymore

It is a similar feeling of when I’m in love

I love love

I do

It feels just so right

But when I love too hard

With all my heart and soul

It burns

And again

It doesn’t feel so good

[tothenextme]

He tells me I run away from my feelings

And I do so often

That my feet are bruised

- one day I’ll have to stop

[tothenextme]

The sky is a cloak

Distracting us from a million possibilities dancing in the universe

And maybe the stars

Are pathetic liars

Who fall from the sky when they're caught

Maybe we are both living under a great lie

That the universe was made for you and I

[tothenextme]

It is not that you are not enough to heal a broken person

I am sure you are the medicine, a dying man would ache for

It is that, you are so much more than anyone’s sanity

You deserve to be the someone’s whole heart and soul

- you deserve more than a broken man

[tothenextme]

So much had happened

yet made barely an effect at all

As if seasons changing

Refused to colour the leaves

I too am in stuck in this

Miserable fall

Winter’s arrival had us frozen in time

Held secrets and tragic lies

Folded in its prime

Then came spring

With promise of breeze

Not too icy

But alas we must submit

To the deception

And where we are now

However we are now

There is not a sign of summer

Not a glimpse of warmer days

But the fire in our hearts

Keeps us warm at night

- weather reposts

[tothenextme]

She gave away parts of herself

Hoping it would  distract them from seeing the important ones

But what she didn't realize

Was that they were being stolen anyway

- the theft of innocence

[tothenextme]

Find something peculiar, and call it yours

Odd things must not be kept in discretion

They must be paraded!

The beauty of their uniqueness, appreciated

[tothenextme]

Forever is a promise

Unbreakable

Understood only by immortal souls

Because those with temporary likings

Will never comprehend

How it is to stretch a moment

Into infinity

And scatter the collection of emotions

All over the wings of time

That hold onto one’s admirations

With everlasting hope

Inspiring dreams

As time goes on

Forever, is in my heart

That beats not only in the tangible body

that it currently resides in

But in waves, transparent

Shy from the naked eye

Only viewable with optimistic perception

Forever, is in my words

That stain not only in ink

But in the minds of many

Repeated by tongues of several generations

Forever, is a poem

It inspires and influences

Locks eyes with another’s dimension

And offers it value

Forever is a secret

Told among the stars

Who hold the power to obey

All that it wills to instruct

Forever is a gift

An offering to a loved one

Or perhaps a stranger

It echos within mountains

Standing tall

Forever is beyond being still

It is travelling galaxies

Asserting its dominating presence

Being acknowledged

Forever is something

That will remain ours

[tothenextme]

The distorted image

That you carry of yourself

Is not the one you created on your own

Instead the criticism of people

Who are also at war with themselves

[tothenextme]

Oh fine!

Accuse me of narcissism

I rather not participate in your self- loathing, distasteful views of yourselves

I am art

God created me

With a beautiful face, body, mind and soul

I see no reason to not parade it

I must be desired, appreciated, complimented by many

So long as you don’t trap me in a museum

I am only the sole property

Of the greatest artist, my creator

And only he can criticize any part of me

He deems flawed

Although that must have been my fault

Because the moment he created me

I was perfection

It was only I that tainted it

With worldly influences

But no more!

I shall restore the beauty, in its original form

To impress the one that truly ever loved me

To have given me the gift of life, and excellence

[tothenextme]

Lucky for me that I am a writer

I can unleash whatever madness into words

And create art

But you- you’re a muse

You must fight to stay interesting

Because once I have written all about you

You’ll be nothing but the previous chapter in my pages

[tothenextme]

Allow your heart to forgive your body

One must not be in war with themselves

- hyper sexuality is a curse

[tothenextme]

A fool you are for attempting to drown in the Dead Sea

[tothenextme]

You are a threat to all things beautiful

The violence in your colours

Inspires new insecurities

We are but poor creatures

Who fail to fit the standard

Set by you daily

Tearing our skin apart

And bruising

Bodily harm

We cannot take it!

All the modifications

It is exhausting

So please

We beg of you

Include us

Offer us the charm you tease us with

It is tempting to want what you have

Especially because we were taught to desire it

Pretty jewels will not compensate

Their beauty is their own

They refuse to compliment ours

So will you please understand ours?

Even when we don’t sparkle

And the light in our reflections have died

Dreams snatched from our souls

We beg, we beg

Rejuvenate us, only now with kindness

View us with a fresh set of eyes

The god that created you

Created us too

If he considers us worthy

Then why don’t you?

[tothenextme]

The cycle of creation by mortals

Has the simplest rules

That one must be inspired

To inspire

But the spark in your art

Is so very rare

It cannot be influenced

Or replicated

It is strictly

A wonder

That exceeds imagination

- my mom’s an artist