Flickering Light

Dim, dark for a moment,
Then all of a sudden bright,
They look up, pause a sec,
Then move on away,
After all, just a flickering light,

She looked up, paused,
And she gazed deeper inside,
I let her catch a glimpse of the chaos I hide,
And she moved on away,

I smiled as the painful expectation had met,
Flickered, time and then,
As the world passed,
And I closed my eyes,

Electricity flowed with a rush,
Brightness intensified,
As I looked down,
She was back, checking the wire she had tied,

And again, I had recovered my light,
Till today, when I saw her again,
I looked inside of me, that wire,
It was a moment filled with immense pain,

She robbed me of my flickers,
That no less than a martyr,
Now there she was,
With a huge smile,
‘My’ flickering light.

-Dark Phoenix 09

Love Is About Listening

Love is all about listening,
They say,
Love is when you listen and understand,
And yet, last night,
I had to take her stand, 
But I didn’t do it out of might,
Well, I listened, listened to my heart,
I understood, her words and also the silent part,
To her, I became the devil,
Cause I couldn’t let her lie,
Hours passed, as she hated me more and more,
And all I could do was try,
So I saw her,
Eyes glistening like pearls,
Pulled her in my arms,
And glanced at her bitten fingers,
Whispered in her ears why I did it,
She didn’t say much, 
Only tighter she then started to linger,
Well, I did,
I did listen to her, 
Well, to her inner voice,
So yeah,
Love is all about listening,
And so I do,
Maybe she isn’t that brave to say some things yet,
But I know I’ll keep her before me,
And listening to that silence is something I love to do,

‘Helloooo!!!!’, I snapped out of musings,
‘ Did you even listen??’, she asks,
Well, did I??

-Dark Phoenix 09

Will You Be My Voice??

DISCLAIMER: SEXUAL HARRASMENT AND RAPE.

I’ve seen people shout,
Great men are the ones who make history,
But today I write about,
The girl who was lost in a known mystery,
With a heart as weak as short she’d dress,
A voice as soft as the makeup she wore,
Pathetic! I witnessed, ‘great men’ in the press,
Said, “Law is apex, can’t say no more.”
Added those ‘men’, with a feeling so holy,
“Sorry for the loss”, in a voice so lowly,
Grew up as an orphan, her eyes had a zest,
She sprinted to the woods, and stopped for no rest,
Halted in a city, a kingdom of gold,
For hands so tiny, this was too much to hold,
Coated with tats,
With knowledge so little,
Had dinner with the rats,
That body so brittle,
And she mused,
About the mother who left her on a road,
And the father, mumbling, “Was I a load?”
And she wept,
With paining legs she crept,
She had just a rag for her beauty, to cover,
The blood on her face, red makeup by a ‘lover’,
Raped by a beast,
Murdered by choice,
Died in a crowd,
Uttering,
“Will you be my voice?”.

-Dark Phoenix 09

The Bud : Amidst A War Zone

So rough was the rain,
As if heaven was crying,
Heavy drops on soft petals,
Thunder clapped as the beauty was dying,
The artistic, tiny flower,
Once danced in the drizzle,
At times, swayed with the light breeze,
But the new bud was still in a puzzle,
How the music of the rain became a noise,
How the shower of love became a painful poise,
The bud, she saw the flower fall to rest,
She saw the raindrop hit her mother’s chest,
The red elixir of life splattered on her face,
In moments, the sky was quite,
The wind had gone, painting the walls red from white,
She still still bloomed amidst the rubble and whither,
Memories of the storm had again now hit her,
It wasn’t the music of her brother’s videogame,
It was guns and rifles, from where the noise had came,
There were no clouds for the drought hit lands,
Massacred for no good, by monstrous hands,
Deep inside the flowery form she knew,
Lives of millions were in pathetic hands of few,
No food to eat, no water to drink,
Hours in the bunker she’d think,
How cruel is the war out there?!,
Boom!! Came a huge blast,
And she vanished in a blink.


-Dark Phoenix 09

See You Suffer

No, I don’t wanna see you cry,
I don’t wanna see you suffer,
From the pain that you deny,
When life is such a fucker,

Baby, tell me how you feel,
Tell me secrets that you hide,
You know I can make you heal,
I can put all shit aside,

Baby, tell me why you’re dying,
Slowly, thinking of those times,
You just close your eyes and trust me,
While you hear these honest rhymes, ‘Cause you know,
‘Cause you know,
‘Cause you know,
Baby, I love you,

And I’ll love you for the good and bad,
I’ll love you when you’re really sad,
I’ll love you with your happy face,
I’ll love you like a crazy-ass,

So, tell me, tell me what did you do,
Tell me what I did to you,
Kill me if I crossed a line,
Baby, I ain’t losing you,

So just trust me cause I’m there,
We know life is not so fair,
Baby, let me love you more,
Cause I really fucking care,

And you know,
And you know,
And you know,
Baby, I love you.


-Dark Phoenix 09

Just Us

I was really excited,
I was to meet her,
After a wait of so many days,
And a lot of restless Nights,
Every passing second was making us closer,
Every inch of my body was anxious to see her,
Finally, I was there,
Standing in front of her,
Just a few steps away,
But, we didn’t come forward,
We couldn’t,
We were not allowed to,
I kept looking at her,
Trying to capture her in my mind,
Trying to paint her on the Canvas of my heart,
Those sparkling Eyes,
The deep brown ones,
Conveying a sea of emotions,
Blender with constraints,
Showing love, care and hatred,
All at the same time,
That cute little smile,
So pure and natural,
Full of faith and trust,
That nothing can make us apart,
Not our hearts,
Her charming face,
Though, she looked tense,
That no one notices us,
But that tense face looked cuter,
Suddenly, our eyes met,
Nothing was said,
These eyes conversed continuously,
In their own dialect,
Sharing feelings, emotions,
That no words can ever explain,
The sun was setting in,
Spreading its golden wealth,
Trying to provide comfort,
To the two souls,
Who were going to be parted away soon,
By the sluttish time,
Which was running faster than ever,
It had just been an hour or so,
But now, it was time to leave,
I could see her, going away,
Every step she took,
Added a tear in our eyes,
Hoping for that day to come soon,
When we will be together again,
With plenty of time,
And nothing to worry about,
That day,
When there will be ‘Just Us’.
-Dark Phoenix 09