Poems – Page 109 – Hearts Still Care

Strangers Again

Published on May 2, 2016April 24, 2021 by Harpreet ChhachhiaLeave a comment

The words that’re whispered over three AM talks
Ignoring thunder under rainfall walks
Because you noticed a light in my eyes
Then, when self-esteem was but a word
And the world was a cesspool of lies
Which could be felt and not just heard

Then, when you took me and kissed my lips
And my heart danced in catatonic flips
Then it was that your hair gleamed in the sun
As it fell on my chest, I held it tight
I’d no hope even then that you were one
To last through the day unto the lost night

I recall not one word from yesterday
For none matter now, words aren’t meant to stay
The feel of your hair is gone with that hour
And you have found another pair of eyes
To taste, to praise, to dive in and devour
You become a ninja master of disguise.

I smile and move on to the next three AM talk
Maybe this time I’ll learn and won’t do the walk
The thunder would groan and rumble with might
I’ll notice it keen through the still warm rain
And when I pass you via a quiet night
It will be quite like we were strangers again.

Strength

Published on February 28, 2016April 5, 2016 by Harpreet ChhachhiaLeave a comment

When the silence has nothing but itself
To fall on and break,
The heart already torn has nothing to do
But increase the stakes;
The die is cast, what is beneath is shown;
Now there is nothing left that can be mourned.

Perhaps a bittersweet understanding
Of all that was said;
The other opinion, after all,
Might as well be dead.
There is nothing now to be felt or proved…
Perhaps to find if I was ever loved?

I glean so much in such little time:
That such strength was me,
That so much of belief can be let go
With love’s vanity;
Life makes itself a cage to make you see,
It’s only you who can set yourself free.