Sweet Escape

Craving to be in bed

Hugging my pillow to sleep

Drifting into my favourite world of dreams

Its 3 in the morning, and it all seems sumptuous

Cos when these thoughts entice me

The ugly deadlines glare at me

The laptop pities my puffy eyes

As each eyelid struggles to keep me stirring

Every 10 minutes I count the pages left till I sleep

When the D-day arrives closer by

 The hands of the clock are on a F1 strive

Its 4 am and with a huge sigh

The last word ends serenely with a stop.

I am just about awake and fatigued now

I could sleep in my chair with my head on the desk

The journey to the bed seemed a herculean ride.

But I summon some power and wrap my work

I hit the lights out and head straight to bed

This process steals a bit of my sleep

Yet the mattress gives a celestial feel

I pull the sheets on me and blink an eye

 I witnessed an unusual, splendid sight

How I forgot it was a full moon night

Gone are those days when I had those quality times

My private time for my private emotions

Thoughts of you, me and the full moon starry night

A sense of perpetual peace and warmth embraced me

In that cold and windy night

I got the same high I used to get

The mystic connection we once held

I sealed that gaze forever in my eyes

Tip toed into my sweet escape, the world of fantasy, my only respite.

The God that I failed

It’s a busy, bright sunny day

I’m walking my way to work, on this lane again

I can see there’s so much noise around

But I can’t hear what they say

And I walk solitary in this crowd because I have no purpose to say

All I have is my shadow that abides me wherever I go

Now that you’re gone, I know

I’ll never have someone like you

You’re the god that I failed

Last night when I cried myself to sleep

The thoughts of you won’t leave my side

And the pain would kill me inside a million times

And no one else will ever take my side

You’re the god that I failed

I forgot those days when you made me laugh till my stomach hurt

And you nurtured the person within me

As we grew together you became my strength

But I conveniently forgot that I was the only weakness you ever had

I did the sin I should never have,

I made you cry and I brought you tears

And now there’s no looking back from here

All I have is my shadow that abides me wherever I go

Now that you’re gone, I know

I’ll never have someone like you

No one will and never can ever take the place of you in my heart

But, you’re the god that I failed.