When all goes to shit

When everything’s alright

Through thick and thin

Back me up in a fight

All it took was a boy

To tear that apart

Generation by generation

My grandma and my mom

Girl against girl is how we lose, don’t you see?

My trauma, baby, was from my dad and a boy

Why did you add to it too?

Why not find someone new?

Who’s deserving of what you did to us?

Who’s left to trust?...

This generation

My generation

The future

We hide behind glowing screens and words with no meaning

Our so called “truth” filtered and edited until we are unrecognizable to ourselves

Why do I like this version of myself better?

I’m more confident

I’m beautiful

I’m handsome

I’m kind

People tell me to die, accuse me of cheating, getting abortions, doing drugs

Online.

In a post.

Two or thre...

I see the world in shades of gray

But even I’m a hypocrite

I hate you for taking him from me, I say

But wait-

Why do I blame you?

Why not blame him?

He who took me for granted and threw me away?

You with the trauma, dead parents and all

Blame the girl always, and the man gets off

You fell for his charm, you wanted to be loved

I don’t blame you anymore

I was you, growing up

Heal first, ba...

I was born on March 29th

My head full of hair and my eyes open wide

You saw me first, you proudly say

So why, oh why do you treat me this way?

I learn to write and paint with pride

My teacher says that I have learned to thrive

You say it’s a waste to send me to school

Mama says no and pays all the dues

You love my writings, you love my laugh

You and I click in a way that others couldn’t have

I ...

I loved you in all your ways

I loved her through every craze

What did I do to make you both stray?

I loved you and her in every phase

Her as my sister and you who amazed

I see now that my trust was misplaced...

A dichotomy is often seen

With two meanings stuck in between

Love and hatred is one of these

Long long lost friends turned enemies

Opposites they say we are, but truly we have come so far

Repaired the wounds of our past

And come together to make it last

Love is seen as warmth and peace

Riddled with drama on a screen

But true love often goes unseen

Making those who want i...

Do you think the sun gets lonely up there?

As far as the eye can see?

So selfless, shining their light without a single plea

Their only counterparts the subjects they serve, bowed on one knee

Poor them, it must be hard to make a friend

Knowing that with every ray

A planet sees them as their end

Or room service on a tray....

I am made entirely of flaws, stitched together by good intentions

Yet I am absolutely oblivious of your obvious tension

My expressions are painted over with a coat of indifference

But I promise, I am listening and pray for your deliverance

My love is expressed a day late and a dollar short

And even then, I’m blasted with a nasty retort

My advice is given, yet riddled with heartfel...

The cold wind drives knives into my body as I wrap my cardigan tighter around me, the sun seeming banished behind the onset of nimbus clouds. The patterned bark on the trees and the water surrounding the clearing took on a razor-sharp quality, as though setting the scene for our meeting. It seems fitting that a place once filled with our joy, becomes transformed into a melancholy scene.

Our sp...

We both made promises that we couldn’t keep

We both created our own defeat

We loved and lost ourselves and each other

We laughed and cried and took comfort in another

And even though our future is dead

I can rest easy and forgive and forget

Knowing that our future has guided and led

To no place I’d rather be instead....