Sunday 26 October 2014

Loveless

In all the time we're alive,
We beg for love,
Entering this world,
Screaming for a scrap,
Of a place in someone,
Anyone's heart,
Live our days,
To what they,
He,
She,
Wants us to become,
"Good girl,"
"Good boy,"
When did we become prisoners,
Of our need,
To be loved,
Like a dog led on a leash,
We pant for it,
Eternally grasping,
Through the movies,
Songs,
Religions,
A deeper bond,
Than what we have,
Can we not simply exist,
In a stagnant pond of simply being,
Loveless.

~Rei Shiori

Battlefield

He stares dry-eyed,
Empty-eyed,
Hollowed out,
Stony-faced,
Shadowed,
The images stalk him,
Every face,
A blurred smudge,
A mirage,
Dream within dreams,
Does every night,
Have to be a battlefield for sanity?

~Rei Shiori

Unwrap

Remove,
These crinkled layers,
I threw on this morning,
And the jacket,
Like an afterthought,
Hood across my face,
Unveil,
Beneath,
All that is hidden,
From this rough and tumble world,
And see the treasure inside,
See the me,
The side I always hide,
Peel back,
These layers,
Sweater,
Shirt,
Underthings,
Lace and cotton,
Wool and linen,
See me,
See ME,
Unwrap the secret things,
I've hoarded away,
For the times never seemed right,
Please don't tear,
Apart this skin,
Layer within layer,
My fragility,
To which my body clings,
Unwrap me,
Gently.

~Rei Shiori

Chances

I think about all the chances missed,
Would I have become this,
Had we met,
Years before,
Weeks before,
Days before,
Hours before,
Does a second more or less,
Count in the balance,
Between internal peace or mess?
This recklessness within,
Would it have been tamed,
Had I met you earlier,
Would I have loved or hated all the same?
Or would we have passed,
Each other by,
Oblivious as always,
Like lines running perpendicular,
Intersecting but for one,
Fleeting moment,
And then lost in memory,
For all eternity,
Embedded as just a part of our history.

~Rei Shiori

Saturday 25 October 2014

Contemplation

Dark water,
Spiraling around me,
Swim,
They seem to say,
In the endless tiny whirlpools,
As my hair drip,
Drip,
Drip,
Drips,
Down the tiled floors,
I lay back and contemplate,
All the little miseries,
That led me to this,
Drowning myself,
In memories of my fate.

~Rei Shiori